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Historic accessory for boy’s clothes? I’d look almost silly (3,6,3)

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old school tie

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'historic accessory for boy's clothes?' is the definition.
(tie worn by ex-pupils of a particular school)

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(Other definitions for old school tie that I've seen before include "A source of unfair advantage" , "Upper-class emblem of loyalty" , "Loyalty of those educated together" , "Perceived social and business network based on education" , "Term for group loyalty of those with posh private eduction" .)

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