Buster Brown collar

American  

noun

1. a medium-sized, starched collar with rounded edges, lying flat on the shoulders, worn by women and girls.

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Etymology

Origin of Buster Brown collar

After Buster Brown, a comic-strip boy drawn by Richard F. Outcault (1863–1928), U.S. cartoonist

Example Sentences

Lester wore short pants and a Buster Brown collar that could spell trouble for him in a bigger school.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

This was a pink blouse, a red tie and a Buster Brown collar.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various

This was a pink blouse, a red tie, and a Buster Brown collar.

From Tales of the Jazz Age by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)