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high-necked
[ hahy-nekt ]
adjective
- (of a garment) high at the neck.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of high-necked1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
So I wore the cross underneath some high-necked clothes and applied for jobs in Florida.
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She was dressed in a high-necked dress of black lace, and wore in her corsage a large circular ornament of diamonds and emeralds.
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It was dreadful to have to wear woollen, high-necked and long-sleeved.
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Back again will he go to the ships, after he has satiated his high-necked steeds with a varied course, driving beneath the city.
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Then she slid into a high-necked, long-sleeved wrapper and bound the whorl of her hair in a loose bun at her neck.
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High-necked dresses set with a small ruff became general in Mary's reign.
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