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clasp

/klæsp/ nom C1

En français : fermoir

  1. A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder. (countable) · I always have a hard time working the clasp on this necklace!
  2. A bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to either indicate an additional award of the medal, or the action or service for which it was awarded. (countable)
  3. An embrace, a grasp, or handshake. (uncountable) · He took her hand in a firm clasp.

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Then there was the ring with the lion’s head, which Cæsar wore when he wanted to greet his friends with a clasp of the hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 189 · C1
Edmond could only clasp his hands and exclaim, “Oh, my friend, my friend, speak not thus!” and then resuming all his presence of mind, which had for a moment staggered under this blow, and his strength, which had failed at the words of the old man, he said, “Oh, I have saved you once, and I will save you a second time!” And raising the foot of the bed, he drew out the phial, still a third filled with the red liquor.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 204 · C1
No longer could Edmond look into those wide-open eyes which had seemed to be penetrating the mysteries of death; no longer could he clasp the hand which had done so much to make his existence blessed.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 213 · C1
A horn-handled clasp knife was lying in a pool of blood beside him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 76 · C1

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