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CIDE DICTIONARY

Steenkirk

CIDE DICTIONARY

Steenkirkn. [So called from the battle of Steinkirk, in 1692, on which occasion the French nobles had no time to arrange their lace neckcloths.].
     A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.  [1913 Webster]

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