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a button or stud for fastening a detachable collar to the neckband of a shirt or for fastening together the ends of a collar or neckband.[1885-90, Amer.]
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collar button
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button-down — button ,down adjective only before noun a button down shirt has the ends of the collar fastened to the shirt with buttons … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
collar stud — n an object like a button, used to fasten old fashioned collars to shirts … Dictionary of contemporary English
Collar (clothing) — William Shakespeare in a sheer linen collar of the early 17th century, a direct ancestor of the modern shirt collar. In clothing, a collar is the part of a shirt, dress, coat or blouse that fastens around or frames the neck. Among clothing… … Wikipedia
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button-down — adjective 1. unimaginatively conventional (Freq. 1) a colorful character in the buttoned down, dull grey world of business Newsweek • Syn: ↑buttoned down, ↑conservative • Similar to: ↑conventional 2. of a shirt; having the e … Useful english dictionary
button-down — I. adjective Date: 1934 1. a. of a collar having the ends fastened to the garment with buttons b. of a garment having a button down collar 2. (or buttoned down) conservatively traditional or conventional; especially adhering to conventional norms … New Collegiate Dictionary
