school tie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of school tie
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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"Consequently, we have decided that with the exception of the school blazer, school tie and some PE kit items, all other items of school uniform can be purchased without a school logo," it said.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2022
This is the uniform seen in her frequent self-portraits, and is by now as familiar as Joseph Beuys’s vest and hat or Andy Warhol’s navy blazer and school tie.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2018
Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books that spawned the movies and Orlando theme park, tweeted a picture of Vielma in a Hogwarts school tie, and said: “I can’t stop crying.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2016
With her two Oxford blues for rowing, it would be easy to see the loyalist MP as part of the old school tie club that unites so many of the cabinet.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2012
I need to get going if I want to catch Denny, but I also want to ask Kumu Whitman about his school tie and the memory I glimpsed.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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