How To Use Neckerchief In A Sentence
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Stelta began to choke, he loosened his neckerchief hurriedly, to get more air but it had little effect.
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He'd been sitting at home when the doorbell rang and when he answered it there stood before him a young boy scout, resplendent in his uniform with neckerchief and woggle, who asked him ‘Bob-a-job, sir?’
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As he said it, Master Bates caught up an end of his neckerchief; and, holding it erect in the air, dropped his head on his shoulder, and jerked a curious sound through his teeth; thereby indicating, by a lively pantomimic representation, that scragging and hanging were one and the same thing.
Oliver Twist
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Nearly everyone dresses in the traditional white with red neckerchiefs and sashes.
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The young gentleman had bought a light sky-blue neckerchief, and a very large breast-pin containing a gem which he was assured by the vender was a genuine stone.
The Guardian Angel
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He tied his neckerchief around his throat then put his hat on before he opened the front door.
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He handed her one of the navy blue neckerchiefs worn with their uniforms.
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In my scarlet red neckerchief, I really thought I was a big cheese.
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Wearing her official dress, including frothy neckerchief, she made a short speech as she accepted her certificate.
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She was on her knees beside him, loosening his neckerchief.
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I had my Howard Jones haircut at the time, incongruous against my woggle and neckerchief.
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In my scarlet red neckerchief, I really thought I was a big cheese.
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She threw a neckerchief around her neck.
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But you don't have to wear a woggle and neckerchief while tying 76 types of knots and helping old ladies across camp fires, or something, to know that that doesn't apply when the team's manager strops off into the sunset just five days before the start of the new season, leaving the club's plans in a bigger mess than the Gulf of Mexico.
The Jumping-Up-And-Down-Like-An-Angry-Tigger Routine
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It is probable she had had several new garments since she related to Helen the history of the worm-eaten traveler, but they were all of the same gray color, relieved by the black silk neckerchief and white tamboured muslin cap -- and under the cap there was the same opaque fold of white paper, carefully placed on the top of the head.
Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
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Women's costume consisted of underlinen, smock and petticoat, gown, ‘crosse cloths’, apron, neckerchief and coat.
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Our waiter was dressed as a cowboy with Elvis sunglasses and a neckerchief.
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So the next time you see a scout in the street, look beyond the woggle and neckerchief – you're looking at a citizen of the future and one of tomorrow's leaders today.
Measuring what scouting contributes to local communities
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The group is a leading supplier of neckerchiefs for scouts and guides in the UK and Europe.
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Gathering up Hornblower's vest, topcoat, neckerchief, and hat he bounded out the door.
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A green jacket covered her body, over a white blouse at the neck of which was fastened with an ornate brooch a lace neckerchief.
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Excitedly he tied his red neckerchief to the plant's stem and ran home to fetch a shovel.
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The fact that he wore a girly neckerchief and Harlequin cap, not typical Aussie attire, made him an easy target.
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The actor Steve McQueen was notorious for stealing scenes in which he had no dialogue by ostentatiously fiddling with the brim of his Stetson or adjusting his neckerchief.
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The man in corduroy and dirty neckerchief no longer addressed me as
THE DESCENT
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Last week, a bronze-skinned buckaroo, with a flashing red neckerchief above his blue shirt, with shining leather chaparejos and crimson saddle-blanket, dashed up from a Western skyline on a snorting, piebald cow-pony.
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A colonial attire that is still seen on males in the rural areas is loose baggy pants called bombachas, and a short jacket with a neckerchief in place of a shirt.
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Edwards himself was in brilliant brogues, razor-creased tan slacks and blazer over silk shirt and neckerchief.
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And it looked quite similar to how a neckerchief or scarf might appear around the neck when worn, in fact.
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The radiant heat beat against his face and before long, he wrapped his neckerchief around his face because the air was so hot.
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Similar in purpose to the gorget of medieval plate armor, the neckerchief served to deflect arrows, broadswords, and even great axes from slicing through the vulnerable neck of a cowboy.
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I hiked into palm washes and up unmarked trails, always water, carrying water everywhere, always a hat, wearing a broadbrimmed hat and a neckerchief, and I stood on promontories in punishing sun, stood and looked.
Excerpt: Point Omega by Don DeLillo
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The sisters can then wear the neckerchief slides in their hair.
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Purpling historians starch neckerchiefs/buff ploughs in preparation for latest "living history" wow-fayre
Catchup TV: the turn-ons and turn-offs
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He pulled on his vest, buttoning it quickly, then the topcoat, and tied on his neckerchief.
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With his dungarees, red neckerchief, beard and constantly oily hands, I couldn't help seeing him as a displaced U-boat skipper - or perhaps my imagination was working overtime.
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She usually wore a dress of dark gray stuff, with immense pockets, a black silk neckerchief folded over her shoulders, a white tamboured muslin cap, with a black ribbon passed two or three times round the crown.
Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
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Wearing their bright yellow sweatshirts and neckerchiefs, which are so easily recognisable, they stand out like a badge of courage.
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Laura decides to place her father's old Cub Scout neckerchief to a tree root in front of the tower where Grandfather's name is painted.
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Nearly everyone dresses in the traditional white with red neckerchiefs and sashes.
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A neckerchief round a sore throat will sometimes nip colds in the bud.
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I wear a sombrero, silk neckerchief, fringed buckskin shirt, sealskin chaparajos or riding-trousers; alligator-hide boots; and with my pearl-hilted revolver and beautifully finished
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
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The Leaders, Cubs, Scouts and Venturers that were invested were presented with a neckerchief, woggle and an investiture certificate.
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The smell was so bad that Renji, who was right next to the door, had pulled up his neckerchief; he looked like a western bandit.
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A flunkey in mufti is as unseemly an object as a soldier on furlough, with his jacket unbuttoned and his neat stock replaced by a coloured neckerchief.
Echoes of the Week
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She was rattling on almost feverishly, never looking at him, restless in her saddle, shifting bridle, adjusting stirrups, gun-case, knotting and reknotting her neckerchief, all with that desperate attempt at composure which betrays the courage that summons it.
The Firing Line
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Beat’s outer trappings — black turtlenecks, cigarette pants, neckerchiefs, berets — is indebted less to Jack Kerouac and his wayward cohort, who slouched about in frayed flannel shirts, than to stylized interpretations in movies like “Funny Face” or the less well-known “Subterraneans,’’ a 1960 film based on a Kerouac novel about the kinky denizens of North Beach in San Francisco.
August 2006
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The dachshund was wearing a jaunty, matching neckerchief.
Times, Sunday Times
