neckcloth

neckcloth englannista suomeksi

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0. Substantiivi

neckcloth englanniksi

1. An ornamental cravat, usually white.

2. (RQ:Defoe Robinson Crusoe) I did remember I had among the Seamens Cloaths which were sav’d out of the Ship, some Neckcloaths of Callicoe or Muslin; and with some Pieces of these I made three small Sieves, but proper enough for the Work (..)

3. 1720, (w), “Tuesday; or, the Ditty” in ''Poems on Several Occasions'', London: H. Lintot, R. Tonson & S. Draper, 1745, Volume I, p. 85,https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004981304

Will she thy linen wash or hosen darn,

And knit thee gloves made of her own-spun yarn?

Will she with huswife’s hand provide thy meat,

And ev’ry ''Sunday'' morn thy neckcloth plait?

Which o’er thy kersey doublet spreading wide,

In service time drew ''Cic’ly''’s eyes aside.

4. (RQ:Thackeray Vanity Fair)

5. (RQ:Dickens David Copperfield)

6. (RQ:Doyle Study in Scarlet)