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Neckband

noun
1.
A band around the collar of a garment.
2.
A band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over.  Synonym: collar.
3.
Necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck.  Synonyms: choker, collar, dog collar.





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"Neckband" Quotes from Famous Books



... sweat of weakness. His nightshirt was open at the neck, showing his weak chest, his too transparent skin, which was stretched and thin like a sail blown out by a puff of wind to rending point. Christophe's strong fingers fumbled as he buttoned the neckband of Olivier's nightshirt. ...
— Jean-Christophe Journey's End • Romain Rolland
... complainingly make his preparations. The victim was taken to the woodshed and perched on a box which was set on a chair. The judge swathed him with one of Mrs. Penniman's aprons, crowding folds of it inside his neckband. Then with stern orders to hold his head still the rite was consummated with a pair of shears commandeered from plain and fancy dressmaking. Loath himself to begin the work, the judge always came to feel, as it progressed, a fussy pride ...
— The Wrong Twin • Harry Leon Wilson
... there with the Pep and with the Vocabulary. Otherwise she was a Naughty-Naughty. The costume was a plain Burial Shroud, the only Ornament being a 4-carat Wen just above the Neckband. ...
— Ade's Fables • George Ade


Words linked to "Neckband" :   dog collar, stripe, neck, collar, Eton collar, neck ruff, facing, banding, ruffle, rabato, jumper, band, necklace, turtleneck collar, choker, Roman collar, neck opening, polo-neck collar, sweater, Peter Pan collar, rebato, ruff, clerical collar


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