tweed
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- noun
- /twid/
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tweed
- The tweed fabric of her coat was warm and perfect for the chilly weather.
- tweed jacket
But 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
Handwoven cloth made from new wool on islands in northwest Scotland
Compounds
How Soft
Surface Forms
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.