butterfly collar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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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
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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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