neckkerchief

plural neckkerchiefs · plural neckkerchieves

1. alternativeAlternative form of neckerchief.

   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

   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

   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

   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