school tie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of school tie
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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At one point, a school tie was presented as a clue to who belonged in a coffin.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
This is the uniform seen in her frequent self-portraits, and is by now as familiar as Joseph Beuys’s vest and hat or Andy Warhol’s navy blazer and school tie.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2018
Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books that spawned the movies and Orlando theme park, tweeted a picture of Vielma in a Hogwarts school tie, and said: “I can’t stop crying.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2016
Unsurprisingly, the old school tie set at the ACB and Lord's dug in with blustery determination, setting in motion an explosive war of words.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2013
“That sounds like what Kumu Whitman’s memory did for me,” I say, thinking of what happened when I held his school tie.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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