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Windsor tie

noun

  1. a wide, soft necktie of black silk, tied at the neck in a loose bow.


Windsor tie

noun

  1. a wide silk tie worn in a floppy bow
“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 Windsor tie1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

He fitted Mr. Cameron into a double-breasted, Italian-made suit, taught him the difference between a half and a full Windsor tie knot and showed him four variations on folding a pocket square.

Stuart climbed the bank, went into the bushes, and was back in a few minutes wearing a pepper-and-salt jacket, old striped trousers, a Windsor tie, and spectacles.

And in the case of the neural network tested by Google and OpenAI’s researchers for this work, these categories were wide-ranging: everything from wool to Windsor ties, and from seat belts to space heaters.

After half-past seven, however, he buttoned on a low, turned-down collar with its concomitant broad Windsor tie, and therewith he assumed his real character—that of a dilettante.

Artists, alone, may gratify their taste for velvet jackets, Tam-o'-Shanters, and Windsor ties, but the privilege is denied business men.

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