Definition of Cufflink

1. Noun. Jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt.

Generic synonyms: Jewellery, Jewelry

Definition of Cufflink

1. Noun. A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cufflink

1. a fastening for a shirt cuff [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cufflink

cuff links
cuff on the ear
cuffed
cuffee
cuffees
cuffies
cuffin
cuffing
cuffins
cuffle
cuffled
cuffles
cuffless
cufflike
cuffling
cufflink (current term)
cufflinks
cuffo
cuffs
cuffy
cui bono
cuica
cuicas
cuif
cuifs
cuigeals
cuinage
cuing
cuir-bouilli

Literary usage of Cufflink

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thiaoouba Prophecyby Michel Desmarquet by Michel Desmarquet (1997)
"This information is coded, like a microfilm containing all the plans of an industrial installation that a spy would be able to pass in a cufflink, ..."

2. The Circular Staircase/The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart (2000)
"Did you ever see this cufflink before?” No, he never had, he said, but he looked at it oddly. “I picked it up in the hall,” I added indifferently. ..."

3. Catalogue of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress Copyright Office (1906)
"July 18, 1906. Bailey, Banks ft Biddle со. 2 titles. 2720 Buck combs, imp. illus. 8° A 150728, July 13, 1906: 2 c. Aue. 11, 190U. cufflink«. ..."

4. The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1908)
"The cufflink had been dropped into a little filigree box on my toilet table. I opened the box and felt around for it. The box was empty—the cuff-link had ..."

5. The Dangerville Inheritance by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1907)
"... the two parts of his cufflink. The Jew had gone down the road before he got to the house. Meysey swung open the gate—and probably as he did so shook out ..."

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