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Zipper   /zˈɪpər/   Listen
Zipper

noun
1.
A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab.  Synonyms: slide fastener, zip, zip fastener.
verb
1.
Close with a zipper.  Synonyms: zip, zip up.






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"Zipper" Quotes from Famous Books



... guard went in to rouse him this morning, the cot, under the blanket, was found saturated with blood. Kellogg had cut his throat, by sawing the zipper track of his shirt back and forth till he severed his jugular vein. He ...
— Little Fuzzy • Henry Beam Piper

... she said, somewhat muffled as she slipped the dress over her head. I helped her with a zipper and a catch. "About thirty cities, Lefty. He made me tell him the temperature and the barometric pressure every hour for about a month! I never did anything like ...
— The Right Time • Walter Bupp

... (concealment) 528. man of few words. V. be silent &c adj.; keep silence, keep mum; hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw; not speak. &c 582; say nothing, keep one's counsel; seal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouth; put a bridle on one's tongue; bite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teeth; make no sign, not let a word escape one; keep a secret &c ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... pulled the zipper of his flight suit up the front of his long, thin body and came into the living room. His face, usually serious and quietly handsome, had an alive, excited look. And the faint lines around his dark, deep-set eyes were accentuated when he smiled at ...
— Breakaway • Stanley Gimble



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