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Meanings of cravat in English
Synonyms
Examples for "tie"
Examples for "tie"
1
Union officials said the motion would tie their hands in future negotiations.
2
The government plans to tie them to specific capital projects, she said.
3
Obama's budget solution would be to tie those loans to market rates.
4
The French company is often mentioned as a potential Fiat tie-up partner.
5
SPCA chief scientific officer Arnja Dale said banning rope-and-tie events was necessary.
1
His linen was spotless and in his lemon colored neck tie shone a large diamond.
2
The hick used to wear a made-up neck tie, too, till the other lads kidded him out of it.
3
The jury saw a photograph of a sleeping bag with a gent's neck tie knotted around the end of it.
4
Taking off my neck tie, I made a pad, with which I secured the aperture, and bound him tightly round with a handkerchief.
5
The songs are: Little Fists, Neck Tie, and The Way To Breathe.
Usage of cravat in English
1
Alexander the Great was acted by a fellow in a paper cravat.
2
Another good suit in navy blue, matching scarlet cravat and pocket handkerchief.
3
He was in evening dress and wore a white cravat and gloves.
4
He wore a Scotch cap and a horseshoe pin in his cravat.
5
She might as well be described as wrapped in a warm cravat.
6
His cravat had been tied many times and needed it once more.
7
Straightening her cravat and top hat, she led the three men out.
8
He came looking very nice, very gentlemanly, in broadcloth and cambric cravat.
9
He snatches up his collar and industriously adjusts it without a cravat.
10
He wore a floppy navy silk bow in place of a cravat.
11
But he seemed defeated in any effort to rapidly tie his cravat.
12
I would have put a hand on his cravat and throttled him.
13
His ample white cravat had an air of absolute wisdom and honesty.
14
Someone, presumably the doctor, had loosened his cravat and opened his shirt.
15
I asked of a fellow-passenger, a Salem man, in a white cravat.
16
As I said this, I took off my coat and my cravat.
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Cravat through the time
Cravat across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common