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butterfly collar

British  

noun

  1. the Irish name for wing collar

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 20 years this hairstyle will be like bell-bottoms or butterfly collar shirts, one of those things we look back on and shake our heads, saying, “Why did we ever do that to ourselves?”

From Time Mar. 3, 2015

She was wearing one of her minidresses, a navy blue with a wide butterfly collar.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

The child was wearing an embroidered little blue dress with the letters R-O-S-E on a butterfly collar.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

To attach the butterfly collar to the shirt you needed a back stud and a front stud.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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