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grommets


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grommets

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Metal or plastic ringlike devices that provide a reinforced hole in a material, such as cloth or leather, that might otherwise tear from the stress on the hole when a fastener or other device is passed through it or attached to it.

Variations

eyelets (grommets)

Grommets (Metal-work)

eyelets (metal-work)

grummets

grommet

eyelets

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