His shirt-collar was turned down, and displayed a neck covered with the same short, curling, gray hair; and he wore a coloured silk neckcloth, tied very loosely, and tucked in at the bosom, with a green paste brooch on the knot.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
He was a very large tall man, with tremendously big feet-a great man for dress-wore top-boots, white neckcloth, long blue coat, with all the et-ceteras, and used hair-powder.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie
Captain Barker, left alone, rearranged his neckcloth, contemplated his crooked legs for a moment with some disgust, and began to trot up and down the grass-plot, whistling the while with great energy and no regard for tune.
"The Blue Pavilions"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch