Cravat

Examples

• Simpson in his flight had dropped his cravat, and Straker had picked it up--with some idea, perhaps, that he might use it in securing the horse's leg. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• As that gentleman had his hands entangled in his cravat, he had no alternative but to follow him to the floor. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He was dressed all in decent black, with a white cravat round his neck. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The flaps of his waist-coat came half-way down his thighs, and the ends of his cravat reached to his waist. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Howbeit, Twemlow doth at length invest himself with collar and cravat and wristbands to his knuckles, and goeth forth to breakfast. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What does he say about the cravat? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Do you know, Jane, I have your little pearl necklace at this moment fastened round my bronze scrag under my cravat? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Hunter, on recovering from his stupor, was also quite positive as to the ownership of the cravat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He received us to-day, portentously arrayed in his best black suit, and his stiffest white cravat. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I held Sympson before me crushed into a chair, and my hand was on his cravat. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Kenge, adjusting his cravat, then looked at us. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Plymdale settled his cravat, uneasily. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Count Fosco rose in polite confusion and tied his cravat on when I entered the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• At last that noble creature came into the dining-room in a flannel gown and list shoes; but with his cravat on, and a Chief Butler all over. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• My amiable child, murmured Mr. Turveydrop, adjusting his cravat. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Many people were moving to and fro, most of them muffled in their coats and cravats. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was a bitter night, so we drew on our ulsters and wrapped cravats about our throats. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Tragedies and cravats, poetry and pickles, garden seeds and long letters, music and gingerbread, rubbers, invitations, scoldings, and puppies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And we, my poor Watson, want overcoats and cravats and goloshes, and every aid that man ever invented to fight the weather. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• How did the Fashion of Wearing Cravats Commence? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He was a little light-haired gentleman, with undeniable boots, and the stiffest of white cravats and shirt-collars. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Cravats get their name from the French cravate, meaning a croat, because this piece of dress was adopted in the eleventh century from the Croats who entered the French service. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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