button-down

[ buht-n-doun ]
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adjective
  1. (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.

  2. (of a shirt) having a button-down collar.

  1. (of a shirt) having buttons down the front from the collar to the bottom.

  2. Also buttoned-down . (especially of attitudes, opinions, etc.) extremely conventional; unimaginative.

Origin of button-down

1
An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

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British Dictionary definitions for button-down

button-down

adjective
  1. (of a collar) having points that are fastened to the garment with buttons

  2. (of a shirt) having a button-down collar

  1. Also: buttoned-down conventional or conservative: a button-down corporate culture

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