On the back of a tie, a few inches up from the narrow end, there is a small loop of fabric stitched across it.
It is called a keeper, or…
A takeaway coffee lid has a large opening you drink from and, on most designs, a small hole on the opposite side of the dome.
People assume the small one…
On each end of a box of kitchen foil, cling film or greaseproof paper there is a small perforated oval or rectangle, printed with an instruction that nobody reads.
Push…
A new garment frequently arrives with a small packet containing a spare button, a length of thread, and sometimes a square of the fabric it is made from.
The button…
The flat metal arm that swings out of the top of a pair of nail clippers does two jobs, and most people only ever use one of them.
It is…
There is a hole in the end of almost every frying pan handle, and the obvious explanation is hanging it up.
That is one of its functions and it is…