cravat
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Cravat caveat: A defendant should discuss proper courtroom attire with his legal team, which might decide that the tieless look will give him an is-he-or-isn’t-he-on-suicide-watch? mystique that may appeal to the jury’s sympathies.
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2014
Challedon had won eight out of 14 starts this year; Kayak, seven out of nine; and Cravat had finished in the money in eleven out of 15 races.
From Time Magazine Archive
Runner-up was Cravat, a former stablemate of Dauber's in the Whitney string, who had been 20 lengths behind the leaders at the half-mile post, had made an equally astonishing stretch finish.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the first furlong Cravat was out of the running: it was Challedon and Kayak.
From Time Magazine Archive
As for the Royal Cravat, he ran to the Prince's stirrup, knelt down and kissed his boot, and bawled and looked a hundred ejaculations and blessings.
From The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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