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string tie

noun

  1. a short, very narrow, and unflared necktie, usually tied in a bow.


string tie

noun

  1. a very narrow tie, usually tied in a bow
“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 string tie1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

If I had worn a white cotton suit and black string tie, we probably would have had no trouble at all.

He was dressed in black but wore a string tie of a peculiarly lively shade of red.

He was faultlessly appareled—even to the long Prince Albert and black string tie—in which, indeed, report said, he slept.

With a string tie a piece of raw cotton over the head of one clothespin; have the string tight, but the cotton cover rather loose.

He was clad in his accustomed neat and complete black, even to the black string tie.

Always wears a black frock coat and a white string tie too,—tall, thin jawed, distinguished lookin' gent.

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