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plural neckties
A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front. See also bowtie. quotations examples
Oh I have been to Ludlow fair / And left my necktie God knows where / And carried half way home, or near, / Pints and quarts of Ludlow beer.
1896, A. E. Housman, “Terence, this is stupid stuff”, in A Shropshire Lad