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Synonyms for neckerchief


Grammar : Noun
Spell : nek-er-chif, -cheef
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛk ər tʃɪf, -ˌtʃif



Définition of neckerchief

Origin :
  • "scarf for the neck," late 14c., from neck (n.) + kerchief, which is, etymologically "a covering for the head."
  • noun kerchief for neck
Example sentences :
  • Be ready to tie your neckerchief over your nose, soon as we strike the alkali.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • Davis descended meekly, gave him his neckerchief, and was bound as were the others.
  • Extract from : « The Wreck of the Titan » by Morgan Robertson
  • She read the letter, and putting it into her neckerchief, desired him to follow her.
  • Extract from : « Peter Simple » by Frederick Marryat
  • She carried a parcel under her arm, done up carefully in her neckerchief.
  • Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
  • His wife, with a neckerchief tied round her head, was suckling a baby.
  • Extract from : « Bouvard and Pcuchet » by Gustave Flaubert
  • Had Ferrar his neckerchief on when you met him soon after this?
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • She shed tears and dried her eyes with the end of her neckerchief.
  • Extract from : « A Family of Noblemen » by Mikhal Saltykov
  • He then took off his neckerchief and fastened it round his waist, as tight as he could draw.
  • Extract from : « Tom Cringle's Log » by Michael Scott
  • The Major wiped his eyes on the end of the neckerchief as he tied it about his throat.
  • Extract from : « The Battle Ground » by Ellen Glasgow
  • But perhaps it was only at getting his neckerchief back again.
  • Extract from : « Latitude 19 degree » by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield

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