turtleneck

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See also: turtle-neck and turtle neck

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turtle +‎ neck

Noun

turtleneck (plural turtlenecks)

  1. (Canada, US) A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.
    Synonyms: (UK) polo-neck, (US) turtleneck collar
  2. (Canada, US) Ellipsis of turtleneck sweater.
    Synonym: (UK) polo neck sweater
    • 2004, “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys:
      I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks
    • 2012, Karen Blumenthal, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 183:
      Still, Jobs became friends with fashion designer Issey Miyake, who had designed some Sony uniforms, and asked him to make some black turtlenecks that he liked.
  3. (slang) A foreskin.

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