cuff-link

plural cuff-links

1. alternativeAlternative form of cufflink.

   So, what was in the green jewellery box I found last week? Not an engagement ring; merely a pair of old cuff-links the boyfriend had brought from his mum's, "in case I ever wear a shirt".

   2002 February 22, Liz Jones, “The wedding planner”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2014

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   It's an extremely complex role that Bergman has written for [Elliott] Gould, that of a man who is haunted by the fact that he is his family's only male survivor (his father died in a concentration camp), and who is apparently his sister's protector and lover. But little of this complexity comes through and I, for one, never believed that his archeologist could find a cuff‐link in a messy bureau drawer, much less an ancient shard on a hillside.

   1971 July 15, Vincent Can, “[Ingmar] Bergman's Touch Tells a Love Story”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 May 2018

   Astaire’s widow [Robyn Smith] says she wants to honor his wishes and prevent the trivialization and commercialization of his name and his life’s work. “Can you believe it?” she asks. “Someone sent me a life-sized cut-out of Fred in tails, with holes where the studs and the cuff-links would go. It was going to be a display to sell jewelry.”

   1988 June 9, Charles Champlin, “[Fred] Astaire’s Last Partner Copes With Life After Fred”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020