in collar
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Chin in collar, Marathoner Nurmi stared at his hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
They go in collar of uniform jacket, and as this sort of collar has gone out, I am wearing mine and throwing them away when done.
From Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 by Vere-Laurie, Florence
And first came Teddy Finnigan, in collar tall and wide, With Norah B. O'Flannigan demurely by his side; And Alderman O'Grocery, and Councilman Maginn, And both the Miss Mulrooneys, and the widowed Mrs. Flynn.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 by Newell, Robert H.
In the ghostly light of fog and breaking day he performed an uncanny pantomime, presenting a liner's officer, resplendent in collar and cuff, strutting, mincing, on a steamer's bridge.
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.
It was incased in a smoking jacket of velvet, and his neck was conventionally clad in collar and cravat.
From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon
