Definition of "bow tie" [bow tie]

• A short necktie fashioned into a bowknot close to the throat. (noun)

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• "To their right, behind a small table, sat a good-looking if steroidally burly doorman in a white shirt, red bow tie and black jeans."
• "With the spots before her eyes dissipating to a hard white glow, Conroy approached the doorman—a big, bald, olive-skinned, Tony Orlando-mustached ex-linebacker in a white shirt, black bow tie and tuxedo pants."
• "Inside, seated at a long table with Harold, Sara, and Dalila, we had salad and bread, then two pasta dishesa simple bow tie dusted in a light tomato sauce, and a more complicated penne in a creamy curry sauce with morsels of the Barcolas own sausage mixed in."