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Definition of Steenkerk

{ Steen"kirk` (?), Stein"kirk` (?) }, n. [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.

{ Steen"kirk` (?), Stein"kirk` (?) }, n. [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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

STEENKIRK. A muslin neckcloth carelessly put on, from
the manner in which the French officers wore their cravats
when they returned from the battle of Steenkirk.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

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