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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Ascot town and racetrack in Berkshire, England

ascot

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes
as‧cot [countable] American English
DCC a wide piece of material that a man wears loosely folded around his neck and inside his collar [= cravat]
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