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Meanings of black cravat in English

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Usage of black cravat in English
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Tonight I went in a black cravat and everybody else wore white ones.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900
2
For my own part, I neither saw the black cravat nor heard this reply.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 04
3
President Arthur was attired in a full suit of black , with black cravat and gloves.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
4
He was wrapped in a large cloak, and his black cravat was tied loosely about his neck.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 11
5
One wore a sloppy black cravat and had curls so wild they made Kesseley's hair look tame.
Rakes and radishes
6
A black cravat may be worn in full dress, but is not so elegant as a white one.
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
7
Indeed, all about him was elegant, from the turn of his black cravat to the cut of the coat.
Gunman's Reckoning
8
He dropped the lid with a bang and returned his attention to getting his thin black cravat just so.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
9
There is a large black cravat crossed and held by a cameo pin, and the coat has odd, narrow lapels.
A Far Country — Volume 1
10
A rusty black cravat, much worn and ragged, exposed a protuberant neck deeply furrowed, with veins as thick as cords.
Ferragus, Chief of the Dévorants
11
A short black frock coat, slouch-brimmed black hat, black trousers, black shoes, a white shirt, and a tidy black cravat.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
12
The immensity of his black silk cravat made the black cravat of Mr. Spatt seem like a bootlace round his thin neck.
The Lion's Share
13
M. Thiers, who the previous day had made a somewhat poor speech, carried opposition to the point of wearing a black cravat.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
14
I had on a red shirt and a tarpaulin hat, and a black cravat tied in sailor fashion carelessly and loosely about my neck.
Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass
15
Mr. Sam wore a black suit, with some show of dingy white shirt-front, relieved by a wisp of black cravat and two onyx studs.
Shining Ferry
16
Her delicate fair face, thus protected, and her white throat tied with a black cravat, were never injured by her long rides in all weathers.
An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)
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