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Item of formal wear
Answer for the clue "Item of formal wear ", 7 letters:
bow tie
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A bow tie is a fashion accessory, popularly worn with other formal attire Bow tie , Bowtie , or Bow-tie may also refer to:
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1887, from bow (n.) in the sense "ribbon or other fabric tied in a bow-knot" (by 1874) + tie (n.).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of bowtie English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a man's tie; ties in a bow
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A fat man in a bow tie tapped the register. ▪ He was painted by Modigliani and Picarbia in a white shirt and tiny bow tie . ▪ I t was a collar and bow tie and the front of a shirt. ▪ She sat silently in her blue suit and little ...
Usage examples of bow tie.
The man had on a bow tie, which struck Pea Eye as unnec, seeing as there was only a rough crew to serve.
He wore wrinkled slacks and what had once been white but was now a yellowed dress shirt with a bow tie.
He looked much older and peculiarly diminished in a brown suit and red bow tie.
At forty-nine, he had almost no gray hairs, and his charcoal slacks, brown sports jacket, and red bow tie were clothes for a younger man.
His dinner jacket didn't quite fit, his bow tie needed adjusting and he lounged on the banisters as if without their support he might collapse completely.
In a crisp white shirt and bow tie and the kind of suspenders the Generation X bankers were now wearing.
The man's hands sought out the gigantic green bow tie with its yellow polka dots, and gave it a hard tug as if he found it confining.
She'd have grabbed that man by the bow tie and ridden him for all he was worth.