单词 | necktie |
释义 | necktien. 1. A narrow band of material worn round the collar of a shirt and tied in front, typically forming part of a man's smart or formal outfit. Now chiefly U.S.In modern British English largely replaced by tie n. 4a, and distinguished from both the cravat and the bow tie. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neck-tie or cravat > neck-tie necklace1667 necktie1838 Peckham rye1925 1838 Workwoman's Guide: Instr. Apparel 80 Some-times the neck-tie is of a dark-coloured silk in the middle with two coloured ends. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. xiv. 270 Blake had great difficulty in adjusting his necktie before the glass. 1885 Outing Apr. 97/2 His..purchasing and putting on the very nattiest of tiny pink neckties,—a bit of color at his throat which artistically set off the soft, clean gray of his new riding-suit. 1904 Union Mag. Jan. 5/2 He always wore a tightly buttoned up frock-coat..and a methodical black neck-tie. 1941 W. A. Percy Lanterns on Levee xviii. 238 They cut Mr. Alexander's necktie to bits for souvenirs. 1987 R. P. Jhabvala Three Continents ii. 178 He looked very English, in his Old Etonian necktie. 2001 Washington Times (Electronic ed.) 5 Sept. In the holy city of Qom, the necktie,..has again been outlawed as a symbol of Western decadence. 2. U.S. slang. A hangman's noose. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope ropeeOE withec1275 cordc1330 snarea1425 tippet1447 girnc1480 halter1481 widdie1508 tether?a1513 hemp1532 Tyburn tippet1549 John Roper's window1552 neckweed1562 noose1567 horse-nightcap1593 tow1596 Tyburn tiffany1612 piccadill1615 snick-up1620 Tyburn piccadill1620 necklacea1625 squinsy1632 Welsh parsley1637 St. Johnston's riband1638 string1639 Bridport daggera1661 rope's end1663 cravat1680 swing1697 snecket1788 death cord1804 neckclothc1816 St. Johnston's tippet1816 death rope1824 mink1826 squeezer1836 yard-rope1850 necktie1866 Tyburn string1882 Stolypin's necktie1909 widdieneckc1920 1866 T. Dimsdale Vigilantes of Montana 207 What the state of a man's health has to do with the crime of the villain who shoots him will to us forever remain an enigma as difficult as the unravelling of the Gordian knot. The proper course, in such cases, seems to be, not the untying of the knot aforesaid, but the casting on of another, in the shape of a road agent's necktie. 1878 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 4 May 3 Neck-Ties for Three. 1928 W. R. Burnett Little Caesar 44 Well, they're gonna put a necktie on Gus he won't take off! 1957 J. Lake & H. Giblo Footlights, Fistfights & Femmes 132 The mother..would burst into my room and say, ‘Is she here?’ Of course the girl wasn't there—I knew that a sixteen-year-old was necktie stuff! Compounds necktie party n. U.S. slang a lynching or hanging (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > lynching > instance of necktie party1882 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > a hanging Newgate hornpipe1829 necktie sociable1871 necktie party1882 necktie social1994 1882 in National Geographic Mag. (1929) Aug. 247 If Found within the Limits of this City after Ten O'Clock p.m. this Night, you will be Invited to attend a Grand Neck-tie Party. 1893 Spectator 7 Oct. 463 A lynching is gracefully described as a neck-tie party. 1919 T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber xxxiii. 421 If Larrabee ever comes back to Tall Timber there ought to be a necktie party for him. 1967 N. Lucas C.I.D. x. 157 Oh well—if you have a necktie party, it's a quick way to go. Better than being killed by an atom bomb. 1997 Independent 20 May (Network Plus section) 3/3 If the varmints weren't in the mood for a necktie party, then the posse loaded up their..Winchester repeating rifles and headed out for a showdown. necktie sociable n. U.S. slang = necktie party n. ΚΠ 1871 Harper's Mag. Nov. 949/2 Mr. Jim Clemenston, equine abductor, was..made the victim of a neck-tie sociable. 1908 W. G. Davenport Butte & Montana 51 His neighbors..were about to give him an impromptu necktie sociable. necktie social n. U.S. slang = necktie party n. ΚΠ 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 166 Necktie party, an old humorous term for a hanging; also necktie social. Derivatives ˈnecktie-less adj. rare without a necktie or neckties. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing neckwear > not wimple-less?c1225 unstocked1825 uncravatted1847 collarless1859 necktie-less1890 tieless1903 1890 S. J. Duncan Social Departure 25 A necktie-less, heavy-coated, high-booted young man. 2001 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 22 Mar. a10 Necktie-less informal Fridays abound in offices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838 |
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