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button-down
adj 3noun 2
Definitions
adj
1
Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.
2
Serious; staid; businesslike.
3
Conservative; conventional; unimaginative.
noun
1
A shirt with a button-down collar
Wearing a stylish pink button-down with white pinstripes, Ozzie Guillen beamed about feeling like he had "come home" when he was presented Wednesday as the manager of the Miami Marlins.
2
A button-up shirt
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