collar button

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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A bet is synonymous with a wager, but what does it mean in New York?

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

It took him some time to assemble these infrequently used accessories, and he was dismayed to find no collar-button.
Shifting Sands|Sara Ware Bassett
Or that other mean man I heard of, who was so economical that he used a wart on the back of his neck for a collar-button.
Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z|Various
Now he raised it and placed it against his chest, just above his collar-button.
The Poor Little Rich Girl|Eleanor Gates
A collar-button was the corner-stone of his toilet—the object on which everything else depended.
Shifting Sands|Sara Ware Bassett

A sudden tumescence of the ego and a furious exaltation of verbal powers upon losing a collar-button.
The Roycroft Dictionary|Elbert Hubbard