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> cravat |krəˈvat|
noun
a short, wide strip of fabric worn by men around the neck and tucked inside an open-necked shirt.
• a necktie.
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French cravate, from Cravate ‘Croat’ (from German Krabat,
from Serbian and Croatian Hrvat), because of the scarf worn by Croatian mercenaries in France.
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