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shoulder knot
noun
- a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
- one of a pair of detachable ceremonial ornaments consisting of braided cord, worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shoulder knot1
First recorded in 1670–80
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Example Sentences
There was the big footman—shoulder-knot, red breeches, and all.
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The lieutenant holds the staff and hat, shoulder-knot and badge, and neckerchief of the Tenderfoot.
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The coastguard had emptied both his pistols, and one of the bullets cut through the officer's shoulder-knot.
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Her two slender flutes hung dangling from her flowered shoulder-knot along her back.
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And what was that devil's device flashing on button and shoulder-knot?
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