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Definition of Neckcloths
1. neckcloth [n] - See also: neckcloth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neckcloths
Literary usage of Neckcloths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"To several places to buy a hat, and books, and neckcloths, and several errands
I did before I got home, and, among others, bought me two new pair of ..."
2. The British Chronologist: Comprehending Every Material Occurrence (1775)
"... tuckers, 7 dozen and two ; cuffs, 183 pairs | handkerchiefs, 6 dozen ; girls
bib-aprons, 93 ; boys aprons, 24; neckcloths, 46 dozen and 5 ; biggins, ..."
3. Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1880)
"... we are ashamed not to give more, especially to clerical-looking persons, in
black suits and white neckcloths. I stood on the Exchange at noon, to-day, ..."
4. The Toilette of Health, Beauty, and Fashion ...: Including the Comforts of by Allen & Ticknor (1834)
"neckcloths—STOCKS—NECKLACES LIGATURES of this description are frequently worn so
tight as to impede the free circulation of the blood to and from the head, ..."
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