arm garter

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Amusement park entertainers wearing arm garters

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arm garter (plural arm garters)

  1. 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 []

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