"paper fastener" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paper fasteners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} paper fastener (plural paper fasteners)
  1. A stationery fastening device made of thin, soft metal, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet. Categories (topical): Fasteners Synonyms (fastening pin with split shank): brass fastener, brad, split pin Translations: haaraniitti (Finnish), fáiscín páipéir [masculine] (Irish), colchete [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-paper_fastener-en-noun-bAPokrPB Disambiguation of Fasteners: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'fastening pin with split shank': 68 32
  2. Any similar stationery fastening device.
    Sense id: en-paper_fastener-en-noun-YcEcd2zp

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