in collar
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Chin in collar, Marathoner Nurmi stared at his hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the ghostly light of fog and breaking day he performed an uncanny pantomime, presenting a liner's officer, resplendent in collar and cuff, strutting, mincing, on a steamer's bridge.
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.
A concave groove is then cut in collar B by tool R, after which spherical end D is formed by a special attachment mounted on the right-hand carriage.
From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Jones, Franklin D.
Unluckily he had pitched upon one who, when he is in collar, reckons thirteen and a half hours a fairish day's work.
From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard
It was incased in a smoking jacket of velvet, and his neck was conventionally clad in collar and cravat.
From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon
