Noun: neckkerchief
| Singular | neckkerchief |
| Plural | neckkerchiefs; neckkerchieves |
Sample Sentences
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ſtrophiārius a maker or ſeller of neckkerchiefs or garlands [1796, Nicholas Salmon, Stemmata Latinitatis; or, An Etymological Latin Dictionary: […], volume II, London: […] for the Author, by W. and C. Spilsbury, page 601:]
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[…] in the mean time she had lifted a corner of my neckkerchief, and placed her hand upon my bare shoulder, with the extremities of her fingers upon my bosom. […] The Superior rose; she did not sit down to table along with us, but she walked round, laying her hand upon the head of one, gently turning it back and kissing her brow; lifting the neckkerchief of another, placing her hand upon her bosom, and leaning on the back of the chair; […] [1797, [Denis] Diderot, translated by [unknown], The Nun, volume I, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], pages 38 and 82:]
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Very few of the inhabitants ever ſaw this eccentric character with either hat, coat, waiſtcoat, or neckkerchief on. [1806, The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1806, London: […] for F[rancis,] C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […]; [b]y Law and Gilbert, […], page 42, column 1:]
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Inspired by the patterns of Turkish rugs and handprinted neckkerchieves, he utilized them in geometrically abstract ways within various arrangements. [1986, Turkish Review Quarterly Digest, page 96:]
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It seems to Nina that neither Rouia nor Gasha has the proper revolutionary seriousness, despite their red neckkerchiefs. [2005, Myriam Chapman, Why She Married Him, New York, N.Y.: Other Press, →ISBN, page 179:]
Nouns inflected like neckkerchief
pyramid roof,
neckkerchief,
neck kerchief,
waterleaf,
yellow dwarf,
hipped roof,
silverleaf,
cloverleaf,
baby beef,
nonself,
headkerchief,
longleaf,
peaked roof,
neckerchief,
semidwarf,
newhalf,
non-self,
handkerchief,
pockethandkerchief,
autumn leaf, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology