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4 total sentences available.
It was clear, however, that Straker had defended himself vigorously against his assailants, for in his right hand he held a small knife, which was clotted with blood up to the handle, while in his left he clasped a red and black silk cravat.
Source: tatoeba (6957576)
When confronted with his cravat, he turned very pale, and was utterly unable to account for its presence in the hand of the murdered man.
Source: tatoeba (6957593)
It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
Source: wiktionary
I'm not like, a fashion person, so maybe I just don't get it, but I don't even understand how you're going to match. What, are you going to get like... a cravat that's the same color as her dress? / I would rock a dope cravat.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include adhesive tape, ancient neckwear, application, archaic neckwear, ascot.
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