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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hook and eye
a two-piece clothes fastener, consisting of a hook and a loop or bar caught by the hook.

2. hook and eye
a latching device consisting of a hook that is inserted into an eyebolt, as between a door and a jamb.

Etymology: (1620–30)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hook and eye
a kind of fastener used on clothing

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