dog collar

noun

1. a collar used to restrain or identify a dog.
2. Informal. a close-fitting necklace, as a wide band covered with or composed of precious or semiprecious stones; choker.
3. Slang. a collar of the type worn by some clergymen, priests, etc., having the opening at the back; clerical collar.

dog collar

noun

1. a collar for a dog
2. an informal name for a clerical collar
3. informal.
   a tight-fitting necklace

Word History and Origins

Origin of dog collar¹

First recorded in 1515–25

Example Sentences

When you put on the dog collar and you were wearing all the leather, did you feel any “punk” spirit take over you?

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In a flash, he had torn the little rectangular brass plate from the dog collar.

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I don't know if her husband chains her up at night, but she had a something like a brass dog-collar round her neck.

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But pink was her favourite colour, and here was the very thing, a dog-collar of beautiful coral with a pearl clasp.

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When we reached the cabin he fastened a heavy dog-collar round Cubby's neck and snapped a chain to it.

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She was wearing the famous Lee-Satterlee dog collar, and her hair had been carefully dressed for the occasion.

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