shirt-collar

The chickens 'leader grabs the the last of the activists by his shirt-collar and dumps him unceremoniously on the top of the pile.

Chicken Coup Richard Rosenbaum 2010

One telltale sign is having a shirt-collar size larger than 17 inches.

When Sleep Leaves You Tired 2009

You could use the towel to line the inside of your shirt-collar or just drape it over your shoulder.

Sweat-rags in Yucatan 2006

At Tours a hairdresser had re-curled his beautiful chestnut locks; there he changed his linen and put on a black satin cravat, which, combined with a round shirt-collar, framed his fair and smiling countenance agreeably.

Eug�nie Grandet 2007

The count wore a long blue overcoat, buttoned in military fashion to the throat, a white cravat around his neck, cotton wool in his ears, and a shirt-collar high enough to make a large square patch of white on each cheek.

A Start in Life 2007

He is neither tall, black-haired, nor pale; he neither raises his eyes habitually to heaven, nor turns down his shirt-collar.

The Englishwoman in America 2007

In the Town Council and on occasions of ceremony, he appears in a full suit of black, with a waistcoat of magnificent breadth across the chest, and a shirt-collar of fabulous proportions.

Reprinted Pieces 2007

Instead of holding himself upright with an elastic corset, he felt that he was cooped up inside a hideous shirt-collar; he hung his dejected head without resistance on the part of a limp cravat.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

The temperature changed, the dialect changed, the people changed, faces got sharper, manner got shorter, eyes got shrewder and harder; yet all so quickly, that the spruce guard in the London uniform and silver lace, had not yet rumpled his shirt-collar, delivered half the dispatches in his shiny little pouch, or read his newspaper.

The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices 2007

Doctor Praetorius at least, walked into the studio, where the perfumer was seated in a very glossy old silk dressing-gown, his fair hair hanging over his white face, his double chin over his flaccid whity-brown shirt-collar, his pea-green slippers on the hob, and on the fire the pot of chocolate which was simmering for his breakfast.

Mens Wives 2006