Collars

Examples

• Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Her body was long and elegant, her face was crushed tiny like a beetle's, she had rows of round heavy collars, like a column of quoits, on her neck. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I'll relieve them of their collars, sir, I answered, and leave them free to take a turn in the night, if they smell a reason for it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I sent up Samuel with the brandy-and-water; and then went out and unbuckled the dogs' collars. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It was no more torn collars now, I promise you, and faded silks trailing off at the shoulder. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His shirt collars were higher; his face was redder; his shirt-frill flaunted gorgeously out of his variegated waistcoat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Clean collars were in voguethe ordinary dingy woollen classe-dress was exchanged for something lighter and clearer. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Pooh, pooh, Miss Sharp, said he, pulling up his shirt-collars; the danger makes the sport only the pleasanter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• George said, pulling up his shirt-collars. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His very boots were benevolent, and his collars never stiff and raspy like other people's. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Jos had sunk in a chair--he had torn off his neckcloths, and turned down his collars, and was sitting with both his hands lifted to his throat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He was a little light-haired gentleman, with undeniable boots, and the stiffest of white cravats and shirt-collars. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Utterly preposterous as his cravat was, and as his collars were, I was conscious of a sort of dignity in the look. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Soak your clothes over night in simple water; wring out and soap wrist-bands, collars, and dirty or stained places. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Large, broad-skirted laced coats, with great cuffs and no collars; and wigs, gentlemen--great formal wigs with a tie behind. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• To make the starch: For two shirts, collars, and cuffs take one table-spoonful of starch dissolved in water; shave a piece of the above into it the size of a bean. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• I could see the yellow on their hats and the yellow marks on their cape collars. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.

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