"tactleneck" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtæktəl.nɛk/ Forms: tactlenecks [plural]
Etymology: Blend of tactical + turtleneck. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|tactical|turtleneck}} Blend of tactical + turtleneck Head templates: {{en-noun}} tactleneck (plural tactlenecks)
  1. (informal) A black turtleneck used tactically to provide maximum skin coverage for blending in at night. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-tactleneck-en-noun-GRoTBmWX Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "text": "While the teaser poster had Bond all dressed down in a uninspired, but functional turtleneck -- pardon, tactleneck -- the latest promo art puts Bond back in his classiest gear -- the old school white tux, fully equipped with a Boutonnière.",
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          "text": "Yeah, I wasn’t sure how much of it was poor lighting and how much of it was a bad rip of the film, but the scenes in hell(?) are especially hard to make out. There’s also a scene later where Stephen Strange is wearing a tactleneck in a dark room, and it looks like his head is floating around on its own, which is just one of many hilarious moments.",
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          "ref": "2018 July 30, Michelle Valens, “Agent 47's Best Looks from Hitman (2016)”, in GameSkinny.com, archived from the original on 2022-08-15",
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          "ref": "2021 August 20, Ryan Conway, “Football pundit trainers, The Simpsons wardrobe and too many club tracksuits: Analysing the fashion sense of Premier League managers”, in The Athletic, archived from the original on 2021-08-21",
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