| Tugging at my neckcloth, I went to the washstand to be met in the mirror by a gangly figure in a threadbare tailcoat and homespun stockings more gray than white. |
| I kept my eyes on the blanketed ground as I fumbled with my neckcloth. |
| But his dress was as peculiar as his wife's, a large black coat of an antique cut over a long waistcoat and a neckcloth, with knee-length breeches and buckled shoes. |
| A wig that seemed to be woven out of gray wire was set over a red, pouchy face, whose multiple chins hung over his neckcloth like wattles. |
| Sir Asinus slowly and sadly drew off his neckcloth, and deposited it on the pile. |
| The fireman shook his head, as he divested himself of his coat and neckcloth. |
