tweed
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- noun
- /twid/
- The tweed fabric of her coat was warm and perfect for the chilly weather.
- tweed jacket
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Watch on YouTubeBut I love the tweed print on it.
- But I love the tweed print on it.
- And, you know, I had drawn some tweed mini skirts, which was my first product.
- He wore dark framed glasses like my father's, a tweed cap.
- They had a slightly longer black tweed jacket, which I think is also going to be a huge favorite.
- I found some tweed, I got felt, I found some corduroy, velvet, some upholstery fabric.
- So we've got this really adorable little like tweed coord.
- You make fun of his tweed and make fun of Adam with his Rolls Royce, and you just make fun of Blay.
- You should you should dress up in like tweeds and be quite posh.
Examples
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He's got a long tweed coat on over beat-up Levis and a clean white button-down shirt.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm wearing a gray tweed coat.
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I can smell that tweed suit over here.
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A tweed suit, perfect for Scotland.
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I will have this handsome tweed jacket.
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Behind our group, Mr. Taylor, in an Orvis tweed sports coat, is talking to the college president.
Fiction book (1991) -
Nash was wearing a gray tweed jacket, a red and gray tie.
Fiction book (1991) -
Lucilla's grandparents, sweet old things in their tweeds, were standing in front of Croy with their dogs beside them.
Fiction book (1990) -
Bohm looks like the proverbial professor, dressed in casual tweeds and almost always wearing a sweater.
Academic text (1993) -
Albov, however, appeared well-rested, in a tweed jacket and slacks, with an aura of aftershave.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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Handwoven cloth made from new wool on islands in northwest Scotland
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Etymology
Tweed probably comes from a Scottish word tweel meaning 'twill', which is 'a diagonal weave' used in cloth, and one popular story says a London trader read the name as Tweed, the river, so the name stuck. That's why tweed now means a rough, thick wool fabric, often with mixed colours, used for jackets and coats.