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necktie

/ˈnɛk.taɪ/ noun C2
  1. A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.

Plural neckties

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He was well dressed, but his brilliant necktie, shining pin, and glittering rings were flamboyant in their effect.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 35 · B2
At twenty he left for New York with a flowing necktie and a capital tied up somewhat closer.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 1 · C1
The next day a person with red hands and a blue polka-dot necktie, who called himself Kelly, called at Anthony Rockwall’s house, and was at once received in the library.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 15 · C1
He was dressed in rusty black, with a very broad-brimmed top-hat and a loose white necktie—the whole effect being that of a very rustic parson or of an undertaker’s mute.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 107 · C1

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