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A sham collar, to be worn over a dirty shirt.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Random trivia, since this made me think of it - the etymology of the word dickey is given as 1807.
A sham collar, to be worn over a dirty shirt.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Random trivia, since this made me think of it - the etymology of the word dickey is given as 1807.
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