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I particularly like shirts with long, pointed, soft collars without stiffeners, like men wore in the 1930s.

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Over time, these museums have all acquired, or been given, a vast amount of objects — from hat stiffeners and uniforms to bayonets and artillery.

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He clearly believes they can deliver a title-challenging car and in a month marked by attempts to be abstemious, Verstappen’s signature is just the stiffener Red Bull and their engine supplier Honda required.

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These days you don’t need to, as lots of shirts have collar stiffeners in them.

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"I met him on the stairs. He told me it was a fine restorative and stiffener, and it would provide us with a night we should never forget."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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