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arm garter

arm garter

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English

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sleeve garter

Amusement park entertainers wearing arm garters

Noun

arm garter (plural arm garters)

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.
Synonym: sleeve garter
- 1956, Iris Noble, Nellie Bly: First Woman Reporter (1867―1922), New York: Julian Messner, Chapter 1, p. 11,^[1]
  One arm garter slid down over the elbow of his black alpaca shirt, and he pushed it up with a gesture of long habit.
- 1983, William Kennedy, chapter 2, in Ironweed‎^[2], Penguin, published 1984, page 47:
  Behind the half-busy bar a man with high collar, string tie, and arm garters drew schooners of beer from a tap […]

Translations

garter to hold shirt sleeve in place — see sleeve garter

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