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adj. - Having a high tubular collar fitting closely around the throat.

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Usage examples (18)
  • Servicing her husband, according to the leathery, turtlenecked crone currently being interviewed.
  • The friend, tight-jeaned, turtlenecked, and sipping his beer, turned eagerly toward the new arrivals.
  • Mario Gonzalo, resplendent in a turtlenecked shin in rich purple under a beige jacket, said, "Try Manny Rubin."
  • "The success of The Economist — the fact that you read it, a black-turtlenecked guy at Columbia," Mr. Meacham began.
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