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View synonyms for mandarin collar

mandarin collar

noun

  1. a narrow, stand-up collar, not quite meeting at the front.


Mandarin collar

noun

  1. a high stiff round collar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mandarin collar1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

Hong Chau, of “The Whale,” asked Prada to add a mandarin collar to her shell pink gown to represent, she said, her roots.

Also popularized by British celebrities was Mr. Cardin’s Nehru jacket, a hip-length coat with a mandarin collar inspired by his travels to India and Pakistan.

On the red carpet before the show, he confessed to People TV that his white shirt with a mandarin collar turned out to be a girl’s shirt.

Betty Jean wore a ballerina length wedding dress, which had a mandarin collar and long sleeves - just like Grace Kelly’s.

If you flap up the lapels it actually has the mandarin collar.

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