shirt collar

• shirt-collar, shirtcollar

shirt collar (plural shirt collars)

1. The collar of a shirt.
   • 1981 September 23, R.S. Jackson, “Disposable Collars, a Fashionable Option”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:

     Gibson Lee is the last remaining manufacturer of paper disposable shirt collars in North America.

   • 2001 October 12, Jeannine Stein, “Hot Under the Collar About Shirt Sizes”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 August 2025:

     In general, you should be able to slip your finger in between your neck and shirt collar.

   • 2005 December 20, John Harris, “David Gerard”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 March 2016:

     Awkwardly tall for his little red sports car, he was boyish in manner, with heavy, black-rimmed glasses and shirt collars folded over the jacket in the style of FR Leavis, an early hero.

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