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cravat

[kruh-vat] / krəˈvæt /


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“How beautiful she is in her shining raiment,” he rhapsodizes, “her birch-bark body, her sable bodice, her white cravat, her goffered ruff.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Other affectations such as Booth’s cravat pin, pinkie ring and monogrammed leather boots add to his carefully curated image.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

One crisp white shirt was worn unbuttoned to reveal a black cravat, then tucked into natty pinstriped pants with a black-and-white-striped silk bathrobe tied atop it all, a pair of matching spats below.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022

Men are required to wear lounge suits, or jackets, or blazers with trousers, together with a tie or a cravat.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2021

He loosened his cravat as if that would help him speak what she did not want spoken.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton



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