bola tie

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bola tie - a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie

bola, bolo, bolo tie

necktie, tie - neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front; "he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie"; "he wore a vest and tie"

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Its official neckwear is the bola tie, the official tree is the paloverde, and the official butterfly is the two-tailed swallowtail.

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Freeman was in his late 80s at the time, and I can still picture him wandering the halls at the center in his oversized sunglasses, dark suit (his trademark), and bola tie. Freeman had a quiet sense of humor, and once told my wife and me that he did not like to hang around with old people.

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Official state neckwear.Arizona's is the bola tie. No way we can compete with that; we're so backward as a state we don't even have state neckwear.