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Ascot
51.4084°N -0.6707°W · Q723329
2 English words in this atlas trace back to Ascot. It sits in United Kingdom.
ascotnoun · 20th century
Well attestedThe tie is named for a Berkshire racecourse.
Formal dress at Royal Ascot fixed the style in the public eye, and the village's name went to the tie rather than to the race.
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ascot tienoun · 19th century
Well attestedA necktie named after a Berkshire village with a racecourse and a dress code.
The style took its name from the formal dress worn at the Royal Ascot races in Berkshire. It entered everyday menswear late in the nineteenth century and now survives mostly as costume shorthand for an aristocrat.
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