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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

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

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