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collarless

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English collar Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English collarless From collar + -less.

  1. Of a garment, having no collar.

    “Their records have sold 2,500,000 copies, and crowds stampede for a chance to touch the hem of the collarless coats sported onstage by all four of them.”

    “He had been to Yemen twice, once wearing the white ankle-length, collarless gown worn by most Omanis.”

  2. Of a man, not wearing a detachable collar.

    “The driver of the jitney was a young, swarthy prairie man, in shirt sleeves, and collarless, with a derby on one side of his head […]”

    “He was pining for England, though he dreaded facing it, as one dreads facing a pretty girl when one is collarless and unshaven.”

  3. Of a dog, not wearing a dog collar.

    “I wandered about Paris like a lost dog, like a collarless dog.”

    “I rescued Safi, aged eight months, from an animal shelter where she had been brought as a stray, collarless, without history.”