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n. - A usually ornamental device consisting of two pieces like buttons joined by a shank for passing through buttonholes to fasten without overlapping bands worn at the wrist

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  • Sewing two buttons together as an impromptu cufflink is a better solution.
  • As you can see, oneside of the cufflink is the remote while the other is the nunchuk.
  • And we are looking at a live shot of my cufflink, which is an old New York City token.
  • It's a really nice cufflink that Princess Di gave him.
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