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After combing, short wool fibres are made into certain types of coating, cheviots, shetlands. cashmeres.
From Time Magazine Archive
In summer, use light outer garments—white flannels and cheviots are excellent.
From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by McCarty, Louis Philippe
The mark worn by Mr. R's "cheviots" in his descent can still be distinctly seen.
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 27, October 1, 1870 by Various
"Yes, sir, we will have that dinner-jacket ready to-night, sir, depend upon it—and couldn't I show you something in cheviots?"
From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick
It consists usually in winter of a lounge or single-breasted sack suit made of many different kinds of material, the favorites being Scotch tweeds or black and blue cheviots, rough-faced and smooth.
From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Germain, Walter
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