Steenkirk

Acceptable For Game Play - UK word list

This word is acceptable for play in the UK dictionary that is being used in the following games:

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A name brought into fashion, after the battle of Steenkirk, for several articles, especially of dress, as wigs, buckles, large neckties, and powder; especially, a cravat of fine lace, loosely and negligently knotted, with long hanging ends, one of which was often passed through a buttonhole.
    • Word Usage
    "MR. RICH: Come, sister, a long periwig and a la mode steenkirk has made a worse face a perfect beau e'er now."
    Equivalent
    steinkirk   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    garage    obi    waist-belt    firelance    hankie    jabot    baldric    chemisette    Berthe    lappets   
     
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