collet monté de blanc
English translation: white wing collar
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| 4 +1 | strait-laced for collet monté and starched collar pour blanc mais |
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| 4 | Prim and proper |
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| 3 | wing collar |
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| 3 | formal , aristocratic , ... |
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26 mins confidence: 
wing collar Explanation: butler's uniform a fully built servant android dressed in a butler's uniform. ... Albert put on his single piece butler's suit which ... black tail coat with a white wing collar shirt. ... later with the overcoat of (7); wing collar shirt with black trousers, waistcoat and bow tie (butler's uniform), sometimes with apron, later with tail coat; ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-04-04 04:44:05 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- maybe white gloves would convey the message better here, although it\'s far from the text. Of course, the butler is wearing a white collar, that\'s obvious. The idea is he is imagining a world in which he has servants in crisp white uniforms Reference: http://www.geocities.com/gscottbaker/smustsurvive.htm Reference: http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~kaleid/avenge/422.html |
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1 hr confidence:
formal , aristocratic , ... Explanation: in old-fashioned traditional way, a little snobbish,too (considering all the elements here -- stylish colonnaded façade, impecably dressed servants, fine leather gloves ...) See www.axelibre.org/litterature.php D'un ton très formel et "collet-monté" -so british - s'amorce peu à peu une relation plus familière et amicale. ... |
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2 hrs confidence:
Prim and proper Explanation: Il n'y pas de jeu de mot, car en français, "white collar" se dit "col blanc... Pour ce qui est de collet monté, j'ai trouvé "strait-laced" comme première traduction (Robert Collins) et les synonymes suivants... Strait-laced ADJECTIVE: Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form: bluenosed, genteel, old-maidish, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, stuffy, Victorian. I have the feeling that the author, by adding "de blanc" wanted to emphasize "collet monté". It makes them even more "proper"... "Prim and proper" is a suggestion. "So whitely prim and proper", if you want to include the whiteness... Or maybe you can figure out something out of the different synonyms... Good luck! Looks like quite a challenge! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-04-04 05:28:57 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- My source for the synonyms was Rogets Thesaurus www.bartleby.com/62/16/S1461600.html - 18k |
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6 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1strait-laced for collet monté and starched collar pour blanc mais Explanation: what about "white starched collar" (la couleur et le starched implique le collet monté) moi je tenterais ça |
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