How To Use Neckcloth In A Sentence
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A wig that seemed to be woven out of gray wire was set over a red, pouchy face, whose multiple chins hung over his neckcloth like wattles.
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Uncle Rob, our dandy, had changed his coat and put on a new neckcloth, an act which, as all who know a Scots farm town will understand, cost him a multitude of flouts, jeers and upcasting from his peers.
The Dew of Their Youth
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Guermantes, who, a great deal more ‘old French’ even than the Duke when he was not trying, did often deliberately seek to be, but in a manner the opposite of the lace-neckcloth, deliquescent style of her husband and in reality far more subtle, by a sort of almost peasant pronunciation which had a harsh and delicious flavour of the soil.
The Guermantes Way
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His face had fallen in, and was unshorn; his frill and neckcloth hung limp under his bagging waistcoat.
Vanity Fair
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But his dress was as peculiar as his wife's, a large black coat of an antique cut over a long waistcoat and a neckcloth, with knee-length breeches and buckled shoes.
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He wore a dark frock coat, a black silk neckcloth, and black trousers over black boots.
SOMEDAY MY PRINCE
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He was a man of such rigid refinement, that he would have starved rather than have dined without a white neckcloth.
Vanity Fair
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He eyed the old man, his tattered coat and worn trousers, his grimy neckcloth.
The Year of Living Scandalously
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Yet here he was, dressed in formal tails and a silky white waistcoat and neckcloth, prepared to endure what could only be an interminable evening, all because Keira Hannigan had aggravated him once again.
The Year of Living Scandalously
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“The opening bid, gentlemen, is ten pounds,” the auctioneer announced, and almost instantly, a young buck with a very foppish knot in his neckcloth and shiny new boots tipped his hat.
The Year of Living Scandalously
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Philip did likewise with his own neckcloth and footwear, but draped his coat more neatly over the back of a chair, with attention for its elegant lines.
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His face grows purple, then pale, and he struggles with his neckcloth, which is choking him.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864
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In his book "Gentlemen: A Timeless Fashion," Bernhard Roetzel says bow ties descended from the neckcloth—a square cloth folded into a triangle and then tied into a bow, which men wore until the late 19th century.
A Return to Tying the Knot
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It was George ‘Beau’ Brummell who restored order to the slovenly neckwear of his time, by devising the use of starch on a muslin neckcloth, so that it would retain its shape throughout the day.
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His fine-boned hand—Declan supposed it never lifted anything heavier than a pencil—fluttered to his neckcloth as he cleared his throat.
The Year of Living Scandalously
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He tied his neckcloth, combed his fingers through his hair, and pulled on his Hessian boots.
The Year of Living Scandalously
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Tugging at my neckcloth, I went to the washstand to be met in the mirror by a gangly figure in a threadbare tailcoat and homespun stockings more gray than white.
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A quaint little figure, Lamb comes before our vision, in costume uncontemporary and as queer as himself, consisting of a suit of black cloth (they both affected dark colors), rusty silk stockings shown from the knees, thick shoes a mile too large, shirt with a wide, ill-plaited frill, and tiny white neckcloth tied in a minute bow.
Stories of Authors, British and American
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Tugging at my neckcloth, I went to the washstand to be met in the mirror by a gangly figure in a threadbare tailcoat and homespun stockings more gray than white.
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Declan removed his coat and neckcloth, and unbuttoned his waistcoat.
The Year of Living Scandalously
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She was even faster than her father, who was rather fastidious about which neckcloth he wore on different nights.
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‘Gentlemen in dark blue coats with brass buttons and high neckcloths discussed ‘Horseflesh’ over a glass of wine,’ she writes.
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a high-standing collar with points, and what was called a neckcloth of black silk with dark-blue brocaded figures running over it, and a handsome brocaded-velvet vest, double-breasted, the fashion of the times, with gilt buttons that looked as if they were set with diamonds, they sparkled so.
A Little Girl in Old New York
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Scudamore — most diffident of men whenever it came to lady-work — left to face the visitors with a pleasing knowledge that his neckcloth was dishevelled, and his hair sheafed up, the furrows of his coat broadcast with pounce, and one of his hands gone to sleep from holding a heavy Delphin for three-quarters of an hour.
Springhaven
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He strung his neckcloth around his neck and retrieved his waistcoat from the chair.
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And he is wearing his neckcloths higher on his neck to conceal his jowliness, but I have pretended not to notice.
Exit the Actress
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Like leaves before the wind, the boys rushed out by a back door into the play-ground, while the master solemnly passed to his house, with a deep slow bow to the ladies; and there was poor Scudamore -- most diffident of men whenever it came to lady-work -- left to face the visitors with a pleasing knowledge that his neckcloth was dishevelled, and his hair sheafed up, the furrows of his coat broadcast with pounce, and one of his hands gone to sleep from holding a heavy Delphin for three-quarters of an hour.
Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War
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Warrington looked with good-natured interest at the young fellow dandifying himself up to a pitch of completeness; and appearing at length in a gorgeous shirt-front and neckcloth, fresh gloves, and glistening boots.
The History of Pendennis
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Écossais of a very large and decided check pattern, his orange satin neckcloth, and his jean-boots, with tips of shiny leather, — these, with a gold embroidered cap, and a richly-gilt cane, or other varieties of ornament of a similar tendency
Alexis Soyer and the Rise of the Celebrity Chef
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I kept my eyes on the blanketed ground as I fumbled with my neckcloth.