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collar button

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of collar button1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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Example Sentences

This collar button is made of rubber with a little electric light attachment and is guaranteed to bounce for five minutes.

Up-to-date bachelors are rapidly adopting the new unlosable collar button.

I have a fight on my hands every time I attempt to use a pair of scissors, a knife and fork, a hammer or a collar button.

With mock sadness he added, "I'm nobody now—couldn't even buy a collar button."

For once Lloyd had overslept, and he kicked a chair viciously out of his way as he stooped to find an elusive collar button.

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