variants
or bola tie
: a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
called also bolo
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Besides the Arkansas diamond, New Mexican bolo tie, and Maine’s whale bone, many states contributed commemorative coins, letters from their state leaders, and poems.
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Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2026
Wearing a black cowboy hat, an all-white, three-piece suit and a bolo tie, DeMarvion Overshown married his longtime girlfriend, Alexis Babino, in Tyler, Texas, on Saturday.
—Jon MacHota, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Bright red western shirt, bolo tie.
—Chera Hammons, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
As Rosalind disguised as a boy, Adele wore a bolo tie and a low-slung gun belt with a six-shooter.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2026
Wearing a black cowboy hat, an all-white, three-piece suit and a bolo tie, DeMarvion Overshown married his longtime girlfriend, Alexis Babino, in Tyler, Texas, on Saturday.
—Jon MacHota, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Bright red western shirt, bolo tie.
—Chera Hammons, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
As Rosalind disguised as a boy, Adele wore a bolo tie and a low-slung gun belt with a six-shooter.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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“Bolo tie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bolo%20tie. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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