cravat

The necktie is a more practical (and fashionable) version of the cravat.

He proceeds to unroll the cravat to fashion a comforter blanket to keep him warm before going to sleep.

It's hard to find any phallic symbolism in the cravat, so sartorial genealogy seems a point against the idea.

The hunting stock (a more direct descendant of the cravat?) is said to have emergency uses (sling, tourniquet, etc.).

In an emergency, your cravat can double as a sling or tourniquet.

The tie as we know it, was a streamlined version of the cravat.

Like pants, wristwatches, sunglasses, rubber boots and cargo pants, the cravat and its baby cousins (the necktie & bowtie) come from military tradition post-17th century.

I'd be willing to bet he's over-educated, has spent large periods of his life on welfare, wears a cravat to the supermarket, and was always told how clever he is.

My wife, on the other hand, has spent a lot more time in France than I have, and apparently learned from the school across the tracks--she's much more apt to stutter and fumble with vocabulary (she's got an anecdote about learning the difference between cravat and crevette), but she's much more talkative and seems to get more done with her style.

Then a sample story might be, " A distinguished and dapper gentleman with a luxuriously thick fur cravat lays down in his bed.

(e.g., "The beach is literally a five-minute walk from my house"; "You literally fold the cravat like this") 2.

TIL the "cravat" was named after a "Croat" light cavalry unit — essentially southern slavic hussars?

At least the necktie ("cravat") has an actual military origin.