TIE (neckwear)
NOUNS
1597 — NECKINGER a cravat → sl.
1622 — FALLING-BAND a necktie, an old-fashioned neck-band → Eng. dial.
1787 — THRAPPLE-GIRTH — THROPPLE-GIRTH a collar or cravat → Sc.
1816 — NECKING a kerchief; a necktie → Eng. dial.
1840 — CHOKE RAG a cravat or necktie → US jocular usage
.M19 — WATERFALL neckcloth, scarf or tie with long pendant ends → sl.
1860 — WHITE CHOKER a white tie → lower-class sl.
1872 — NECKERCHER a necktie → Eng. dial.
1890 — FALL a necktie → Eng. dial.
..L19 — APPLE-GUARD a scarf and tie → UK criminals’ sl.
..L19 — CHEST-PLASTER a flat cravat that covers the shirt-front between the coat and the throat → sl.
1900 — DICKY TIE a bow tie; one that is pre-tied and may be clipped to the collar or fastened around the neck
1905 — TIAL a tie; a string with which anything is fastened; anything used for tying a latchet; a tying → Sc. (Bk.)
1910 — NELLIE (BLIGH) — NELLY (BLY) a tie → rhyming sl.
1910 — RAG a necktie → US sl.
1923 — DICKY BOW a bow tie; one that is pre-tied and may be clipped to the collar or fastened around the neck → UK colloq.
1925 — PECKHAM RYE a necktie → Brit. rhyming sl.
1933 — SHOOFLY — SHU-FLY a necktie or ribbon bow worn around the neck → Amer. dial.
1940 — MONKEY TIE a particularly gaudy tie → S. Afr. sl.
1944 — CHOKE STRAP a necktie → Amer. dial.
1945 — CHOKER a necktie → US sl.
1980 — DEAD HEAT a necktie → Aust. sl.
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