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falling collars

falling collars is the plural of falling collar.

Meaning of falling collar

Noun

falling collar (plural falling collars)

  1. A wide collar which lies flat
    • He flung the cloak most melodramatically over his left arm—took off the plumed hat, whose white feathers swept the floor—shewed a pair of silver-mounted pistols, and a dark-blue doublet laced with crimson and gold, and a worked falling collar.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 26

Questions about falling collars

What is falling collars the plural of?
Falling collars is the plural of falling collar.

Words near falling collars in the dictionary

  1. falling block
  2. falling blocks
  3. falling by
  4. falling by the wayside
  5. falling collar
  6. falling collars
  7. falling diphthong
  8. falling diphthongs
  9. falling down
  10. falling down on
  11. falling due

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