Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The collar or prothorax of an insect, which bears the anterior pair of legs: sometimes restricted to an elevated posterior portion of the prothorax, seen in many Hymenoptera and Hemiptera.
- noun In decorative art, a necklace or collar, as of an order, represented on a figure in embroidery, goldsmiths' work, or the like.
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Examples
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It is his lack of support by blue collare America that he thought it was OK to stereotype them as turning to bigotry.
Obama adds two superdelegates, one's a former Clinton backer 2008
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Mon 09/25/06 11:55 PM dfg34hdb collare fissaggio tubo roulotte caravan usata chalet camoscio livigno
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Other groups have to be white collare workers, office workers, people who haven't had some organization, who really consider themselves the middle class.
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No saree -- no time, but mon Dieu, he leef me up by de collare -- he speen me round and roun like I vas von tom top and keek me more harder than de leetle tog.
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[7] _Conosco sacerdoti che fanno gli usura per formare un patrimonio da lasciare ai loro spurii; altri che tengono osteria coll 'insegna del collare e vendono vino_ ...
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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Mi piacciono i suoi calzetti posteriori e il collare più scuro * 3*
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