hot under collar
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- : the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- : a similar but separate, detachable article of clothing worn around the neck or at the neckline of a garment.Compare clerical collar.
- : anything worn or placed around the neck.
- : a leather or metal band or a chain, fastened around the neck of an animal, used especially as a means of restraint or identification.
- : the part of the harness that fits across the withers and over the shoulders of a draft animal, designed to distribute the pressure of the load drawn.
- : an ornamental necklace worn as insignia of an order of knighthood.
- : a narrow strip of leather or other material stitched around the top of a shoe as reinforcement or trimming.
- : Zoology. any of various collarlike markings or structures around the neck; torque.
- : Metallurgy. a raised area of metal for reinforcing a weld.a raised rim at the end of a roll in a rolling mill to check lateral expansion of the metal being rolled.
- : Machinery. a short ring formed on or fastened over a rod or shaft as a locating or holding part.
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I am a bachelor and need to know how to clean "ring around the collar."
The punishment can be a yell, forcing the dog down, a sharp word or jerk of the collar.
That led to a failure of the mainstream business community and economists and politicians to recognize the challenges that led to the disenfranchisement of blue collar workers.
Get some good gearSearch for “walking a dog” online and you’ll find pages of photos with people holding leashes attached to a collar around a dog’s throat, which is exactly what the experts we spoke to advise against.
Lots of things now have GPS receivers inside, including smartphones, cars and even dog collars.
GOP leaders refused; they saw that Duke was pulling blue-collar Democrats to the party.
After tightening her collar, Stella assumed slave posture: on her knees, legs slightly spread, palm resting face-up on her thighs.
His chin rested on the thick plastic collar buckled around his neck.
A portrait of him was done once in which the collar point was made to sit in its proper place.
The only surprise was the left collar point, which was allowed to curl.
His hat was pushed back from his forehead, the collar of his blue flannel shirt was open.
Presently there was a clattering of hoofs behind him, and Ribsy came galloping along the road, with nothing on him but his collar.
He had had his jaw smashed but I have seen men pull longer faces at breaking a collar stud.
His attire, from the square-pointed collar down to the neat black brogues, was spotless.