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  • Glass also allowed winemakers of different countries and regions to tailor individual looks—tall, thin green bottles for wines of the Mosel, square-necked bottles for Bordeaux and rounder, brownish bottles for Burgundy.

    Paper or Plastic? Wine by the Box, Keg and Can Lettie Teague 2011

  • If that's too severe and you are looking for simplicity with a hit of color, try the square-necked, front-pleated Gali wool dress with silk-blend trim in magenta (£ 1,250).

    The Perfect Dress Is a Loyal Friend Tina Gaudoin 2010

  • It was perfect for the dance: a square-necked, sleeveless, brown and yellow polka-dotted dress shorter than anything I owned, or had ever worn.

    Muffins and Mayhem Suzanne Beecher 2010

  • It had a lace bodice, square-necked and short-sleeved, with a rich satin ribbon defining the high waistline.

    Politics 101 2010

  • It was perfect for the dance: a square-necked, sleeveless, brown and yellow polka-dotted dress shorter than anything I owned, or had ever worn.

    Muffins and Mayhem Suzanne Beecher 2010

  • Abigail wore a square-necked gown of white challis; John appeared in a dark blue coat, contrasting light breeches and white stockings, a gold-embroidered satin waistcoat his mother had made for the occasion, and buckle shoes.

    History of American Women Maggiemac 2009

  • I don't know how my mom did it, but she took my vague instructions about a square-necked full-skirted dress and made it real.

    Prom Time (circa 1989) - A Dress A Day 2007

  • I don't know how my mom did it, but she took my vague instructions about a square-necked full-skirted dress and made it real.

    April 2007 2007

  • Hazily blue-eyed, square-necked, Cheshire-born, and tickled when she said she would be saying goodnight now, goodnight.

    Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006

  • The tunics, square-necked, worn over white shirts with high collars, came to mid-thigh and were double-sleeved, the undersleeve, tight to the arm, of the same leaf-green as the hose, the oversleeve wide and trailing with dagged hems.

    This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004

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