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necktied

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English

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Etymology

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From necktie +‎ -ed.

Adjective

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necktied (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a necktie.
    • 1895 July 1, Robert Grant, “The Art Of Living: The Summer Problem”, in Scribner's Magazine[1]:
      One can see him any afternoon driving augustly on Bellevue Avenue or along the ocean drive, well gloved, well shod, and brilliantly necktied, in his landau []
    • 1994 April 5, Russell Baker, “Observer; Gone With America”, in New York Times[2]:
      Charles Kuralt is not so gone as those crowds of suited, necktied men watching baseball in snap-brim fedoras are gone, but he is gone nonetheless.