bow tie
[ boh ]
/ boʊ /
noun
a small necktie tied in a bow at the collar.
a sweet roll or Danish pastry having a shape similar to that of a bow tie or butterfly.
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Origin of bow tie
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example sentences from the Web for bow tie
Ralph Lauren mingles nearby in a tuxedo-jacket, bowtie and faded blue jeans with his wife, Ricky.
A young man in a bowtie leaped to his feet breaking the no-questions rule in Long's over-size classes.
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British Dictionary definitions for bow tie
bow tie
/ (bəʊ) /
noun
a man's tie tied in a bow, now chiefly in plain black for formal evening wear
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