collar button

American  

noun

1. a button or stud for fastening a detachable collar to the neckband of a shirt or for fastening together the ends of a collar or neckband.

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Etymology

Origin of collar button

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

Because I go down on "all fours" to find collar button on a floor, please do not imagine I am writing this letter in "all fours'" too.

From Time Magazine Archive

The stump of windpipe which remains is turned over and pulled through a hole in the front of the neck, at the point where a collar button usually rests.

From Time Magazine Archive

The collar button simply decides the floor looks more comfortable than the dresser, and is a little bewildered when somebody starts yelling at it.

From Time Magazine Archive

He explained that after he had five times tried to insert it in his shirt, his collar button had fallen on the floor and rolled out of sight.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were no other physical reminders of Johnny, as he had been buried in all the clothes he owned with his studs and his fourteen-carat gold collar button.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith