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sleeve garters

sleeve garters is the plural of sleeve garter.

Meaning of sleeve garter

Noun

sleeve garter (plural sleeve garters)

  1. A garter worn on the sleeve of a shirt above the elbow to hold the lower part of the sleeve tight and keep the cuff in the correct position.
    • Now only two [men], and now only one, is left, and you see only ghostlike shirt with the sleeve garters, and sober mystery of his mild face […]1957, James Agee, A Death in the Family, New York: McDowell, Obolensky, page 6
    Synonyms:
    arm garter

Questions about sleeve garters

What is sleeve garters the plural of?
Sleeve garters is the plural of sleeve garter.

Words near sleeve garters in the dictionary

  1. sleety
  2. sleeve
  3. sleeve board
  4. sleeve boards
  5. sleeve garter
  6. sleeve garters
  7. sleeve gun
  8. sleeve guns
  9. sleeve holder
  10. sleeve holders
  11. sleeve notes

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