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Steenkirk

Steen"kirk`\, Steinkirk \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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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