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The sharp toothy clips came first.
Commonly called ‘alligator clips’, these were used for forming electrical contacts in wiring jobs. However, simple expediency and popular culture had adapted them to other uses as well, particularly for holding the smoldering roach of a nearly finished but still too-tasty-to-discard m*******a joint.
At some point, enterprising hippies had taken to buying huge quantities of these, decorating them with beads, handles, even gaudy fans of colored feathers, and selling them at head shops, rock concerts, et cetera. Judging by the rest of the outrageous surplus merchandise lying around, Mistress’ store obviously sold more than just leather goods, and these must have been in the inventory. She had a fistful, and setting her weapons temporarily aside she
