Other forms: paperclips
A paperclip is the small bent wire that holds sheets of paper together. A box of paperclips, unbend a paperclip, clip it with a paperclip.
The familiar double-loop shape has never been patented under that design and has not been improved on in over a century, which is rare for anything so simple. In Norway it became a quiet symbol of resistance during the occupation.
1nounpaperclipThe small bent wire that holds sheets of paper together.
“He fastened the receipts together with a paperclip and handed them to the accountant.”
paperclip is a fastener.
Also accepted in games: paper clip