Neckcloth

Examples

• Gradually there arose before me the hat, head, neckcloth, waistcoat, trousers, boots, of a member of society of about my own standing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The face of our unpleasant little visitor turned as white as his neckcloth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was a man of such rigid refinement, that he would have starved rather than have dined without a white neckcloth. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His face had fallen in, and was unshorn; his frill and neckcloth hung limp under his bagging waistcoat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mr Clennam, would you oblige me--hum--with a blue neckcloth you will find in that drawer at your elbow. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He was dressed all in black, with boots as shiny as his eyes, a low white neckcloth, and a clean shirt with a frill to it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• On the day after my poor good godmother was buried, the gentleman in black with the white neckcloth reappeared. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr Boffin, seeming to become convinced that this was a fit, rolled his eyes and loosened his neckcloth. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A pale young man with feeble whiskers and a stiff white neckcloth came walking down the lane, en sandwich--having a lady, that is, on each arm. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But Rawdon Crawley springing out, seized him by the neckcloth, until Steyne, almost strangled, writhed and bent under his arm. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• This gift being made, Jos selected a plain black coat and waistcoat from his stock, and put on a large white neckcloth, and a plain beaver. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• On coming back with the wine in his hand, he found that she had placed her father in his easy chair, and had loosened his shirt and neckcloth. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I don't like the other clergymen's neckcloths, because it is they who wear them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Jos had sunk in a chair--he had torn off his neckcloths, and turned down his collars, and was sitting with both his hands lifted to his throat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Oh dear, said Mary, her face breaking into merriment as she seemed to consider a moment, I don't like their neckcloths. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He has already eschewed green coats, red neckcloths, and other worldly ornaments, and is preparing himself for a change in his condition. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

Edited by Carlos