"I have been thinking," she said as she removed the elastics, "that it is a mistake to begin a biography by the enumeration of one's ancestors.
"A Modern Chronicle, Volume 6"
Winston Churchill
True, he often worked with his coat off, but he removed his cuffs and carefully protected the sleeves of his white shirt with calico oversleeves held in place by neat elastics.
"The Wrong Twin"
Harry Leon Wilson
In Stover's pocket was a new fountain pen, a box of elastics, a pair of Boston garters and a patent nail clipper.
"The Varmint"
Owen Johnson F. R. Gruger