Meaning of butterfly-knotted | Babel Free

Definitions

Tied in a butterfly knot or knots.

not-comparable

Examples

“The charro wears the traditional big-winged sombrero tied under his chin; the butterfly-knotted tie adorning his breast; the leg-fitting trousers and leather leggings; the waist jacket with thin lapels held by one button over the breast.”

“Getting out of the car, I saw the white-kerchieved butterfly-knotted heads stretching all the way down, hundreds, solid, silent, no move.”

“He rises to get a butterfly-knotted length of yarn from the yarn rack, then sits down and turns on the tape recorder for instructions.”

“I was sick against a wall behind an office, on a pile of baby-blue, butterfly-knotted carrier bags which were spilling shredded paper on a pavement already stained dark.”

“In the shadows, hanging on the walls or merely leaning against them, were dozens of paintings, drawings, landscapes, and portraits, a prominent spot reserved for the one of Jean dressed as a hunter, wearing a cap and a butterfly-knotted ascot, his left hand on his hip, his right holding the barrel of a gun with the butt resting on the ground and a dog at his feet.”

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