neckcloth
noun
neckcloths
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pluralof neckcloth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Fans, neckcloths, puffed and powdered melodies furbished once more the elegant infidelities of Manon Lescaitt; pompous swaddlings adorned the familiar French-Hebrew heroics of Samson et Dalila.
From Time Magazine Archive
Men came out of barber shops with lathered faces, their neckcloths hanging, to watch and comment in hushed voices.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
The former may not wear white trowsers, and all are debarred boots, and black or coloured neckcloths.
From Confessions of an Etonian by I. E. M.
The men wore stocks and neckcloths, bell-bottomed trousers with straps under their shoes, and frock coats very full at the top and buttoned tightly at the waist.
From The Colonel's Dream by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
As you walk timidly in their neighbourhood, the very neckcloths and hats of your elderly compatriots cry to you from the stones of the streets, 'We are Bores - avoid us!'
From Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens
