tweed

[ UK /twˈiːd/ ]
[ US /ˈtwid/ ]
NOUN
  1. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
  2. thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in Scotland
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How To Use tweed In A Sentence

  • She took a lot of tweed and heavy suiting, an ankle-length dress and platform shoes - quite the bonkers stuff.
  • Tweed sports jackets are all the rage, and the best part is that you don't need to worry about matching patterns when it comes to blazers and button-down shirts.
  • The style gurus put their money on culottes, Miss Marple tweed and anything plum.
  • Would you don the powdered wig, the tweed dress and the pearls? Times, Sunday Times
  • While all the other girls' clothes were cute and baggy and slouchy, my pencil skirt and tweed vest fit tight across my hips and butt.
  • This season, a floaty chiffon knee-length skirt paired with a Fair Isle sweater or a tweedy jacket will look extremely hip.
  • The participants are middle-aged men in tweed hats that you might expect to see on a British gentleman farmer.
  • I am, for example, as suspicious of authors in tweedy jackets or carrying pipes as I am of professors with elbow patches - they seem to be playing a role that shows how they envision themselves as Author, rather than beign who they are. Archive 2008-04-01
  • The colossal arms disappearing into her coat's dolman sleeves, tweed flecked with purple and gold. THE SHIPPING NEWS
  • The Squamscott River Wetlands Component boasts four rare plants: the marsh elder, the stout bulrush, the small spike-rush and the exserted knotweed. Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Hampshire
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