neckband

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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From neck + band.

He came to meet him, red and perspiring, with unbuttoned neckband, still limping in the same way. — Anna Karenina, Leo, graf Tolstoy
It marked all faces, and it lodged between neck and neckband and wrist and wristband where it chafed the skin. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
Old Chris no longer came into the parlor in the evening to sit, his hands clasped over his thin stomach, his bald head bent until his chin rested upon the starched neckband of his shirt. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

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