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adj. - Of a shirt; Unimaginatively conventional.

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Usage examples (31)
  • Brooks Brothers button-down shirts
  • He dressed nicely, in Chinos and a button-down shirt.
  • Hanks arrives first, wearing jeans and a button-down shirt.
  • There were white paint stains on his button-down blue shirt.
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  • A "button-down" is a type of shirt collar, while to "button down" is to make final.
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