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  • noun Plural form of cravat.

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Examples

  • I go to Stetson for my hats and Budd for my cravats.

    Handsome Haberdashery 2012

  • To be fair, his valet was more at home starching cravats and polishing boots, but his whimpering was beginning to grate.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • But even there, this year's candidates have largely shunned the red tie and navy suit look, wearing a rainbow of cravats that has included Rick Santorum's Mary Kay Cadillac pink, far left, and Mr. Huntsman's 24 karat-looking gold, far right.

    Campaign Casual 2011

  • (Presumably males for ties and females for cravats, transgender – well that depends what stage they are at I suppose)

    Oh How We Laughed……But Not Too Loudly. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • But even there, this year's candidates have largely shunned the red tie and navy suit look, wearing a rainbow of cravats that has included Rick Santorum 's Mary Kay Cadillac pink and Mr. Huntsman's 24 karat-looking gold.

    Candidates Figure What Voters Need From Them Is a Good Dressing Down Elizabeth Williamson 2011

  • The youthful, urban look of today's game is a world apart from tennis style at the turn of the 20th century, when men played in button-front shirts and flannel trousers and sometimes even cravats and cuff links.

    Classic Tennis, Anyone? Darrell Hartman 2011

  • During that time, George Bryan "Beau" Brummell, a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, suggested that gentlemen wear waisted black coats and white cravats with pantaloons, a custom that has evolved into today's strict dress code of top hat and morning suit for men and formal clothes for ladies, who are still required to wear hats in the Royal Enclosure.

    A Week at the Races William Lyons 2011

  • Of course, a philanderer is nothing more than a rake in finer suits and cravats.

    Regina Weinreich: Titillation and Tantrums: Shaw's Philanderer at the Pearl Theater Regina Weinreich 2012

  • During that time, George Bryan "Beau" Brummell, a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, suggested that gentlemen wear waisted black coats and white cravats with pantaloons, a custom that has evolved into today's strict dress code of top hat and morning suit for men and formal clothes for ladies, who are still required to wear hats in the Royal Enclosure.

    A Week at the Races William Lyons 2011

  • For men, a waistcoat and tie are now compulsory in this area of the course and cravats will not be allowed.

    Royal Ascot pins down hat guidelines 2012

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  • ... for if the excited fools hadn't let go all holts and made that rush to get a look we'd a slept in our cravats to-night ... HF 30

    December 7, 2006