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Eton collar

noun

  1. a broad, stiff collar, originally of linen, as that worn folded outside an Eton jacket.


Eton collar

noun

  1. a broad stiff white collar worn outside an Eton jacket
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Eton collar1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

In those days, if you were a boy you had to wear a stiff Eton collar every day, and schools were usually nastier than now.

The Child calls me Master sometimes because I am always threatening to send his parents a half-term report on his progress and general conduct, or to put him back into Eton collars!

“Well, perhaps if you were lovable moptops with Eton collars, but you guys have got this totally indie, kind of ragged quality to you,” Mr. Colbert said.

She was in a short tailored suit, Eton collar, Alpine hat and feather.

Alick found his slippers, and his mother helped him with his stiff, very wide Eton collar, and tied his tie, which was the same tartan as his kilt.

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