cravat

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The Skeptic joked ceaselessly, but one could see that all the time he feared his cravat might be awry.

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  1. noun A scarf or band of fabric worn around the neck as a tie.

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  1. French cravate, necktie worn by Croatian mercenaries in the service of France, from Cravate, a Croatian, from German dialectal Krabate, from Serbo-Croatian Hrvāt.

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  1. Also formerly crabbat; = German cravate, from French cravate (= Italian cravatta, croatta), a cravat, so called because adopted (according to Menage, in 1636) from the Cravates or Croats in the French military service, from Cravate, a Croat: see Croat.
  2. from cravat, n.
 

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/krəˈvæt/
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