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Wristband

noun

Band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist.

A band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist. Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap.

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"Wristband" Quotes from Famous Books

... for some time, believed his face was so well known that there was no need for him to show his ticket. "My face is my ticket," replied the gentleman a little annoyed. "Indeed!" said the inspector, rolling back his wristband, and displaying a most powerful wrist, "well, my orders are to punch all tickets passing on to ...

— Railway Adventures and Anecdotes - extending over more than fifty years • Various

... without looking up. She herself was endeavouring to set a wristband pattern upon a piece of stuff so that she could get the two bands out of barely enough cloth for one. "You should use more dash when working a machine. When you are turning it, imagine you are driving a 'through mail' to the coast and have to make up time. The ...

— The Hound From The North • Ridgwell Cullum

... my married life, (thus Mr. Jones writes, in one of his "Confessions,") when I was less annoyed if my bosom or wristband happened to be minus a button, than I am at present. But continual dropping will wear away a stone, and the ever recurring buttonless collar or wristband will wear out a man's patience, be he naturally as enduring as ...

— Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper • T. S. Arthur