bolo tie

noun
a necktie of thin cord fastened in front with an ornamental clasp or other device.
Also, bola tie.
Also called bolo, bola.


Origin:
1960–65; bolo, apparently an error for bola, after the tie's resemblance to a bola

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bolo tie

noun
a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie 
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Bolo tie is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
She had been strangled by a bolo tie, still around her neck.
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