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tassel

[tas-uhl] / ˈtæs əl /




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Those still open tend to have generators, menus priced in dollars and a clientele of well-connected Cubans, decked in salmon shirts and tassel loafers.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The traditional velvet cap features embroidered initials, button and tassel and a hand-embroidered clementine in honour of his wife Clementine.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2024

A smaller tassel allows more light to reach the leaves.

From Science Magazine Oct. 25, 2023

“There is one final tradition and that is to move the tassel – not yet, not yet, not yet – from the right to the left,” Nelsen instructed to laughter from the audience and graduates.

From Seattle Times Jun. 28, 2023

The dead man held a red-and-yellow cane with a tassel like the ones sold at the hamburger booth at the show.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

For the life of me, I can’t figure out the correct way to tie the gown’s tassels.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

In keeping with the tradition of Yuletide pullovers, Yiayia knits a bright-red Christmas sweater adorned with tassels and bells for her grandson’s dog.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

Beyoncé's rodeo rumbled into London, bringing with it every country cliché you could think of - cowboy hats, horseshoes, tassels and even a gold mechanical bull.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2025

And she does accessorize in other areas of her life, too, she said, pointing to various tassels she has for her Bogg Bag.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2024

Milton hurried along the platform, the tassels on his loafers bouncing, the tiny feather in his hat rippling in the cold wind.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Clover’s long, tasseled ears collect leaves, grass, and assorted debris on walks, and she scratches them out semiregularly.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2026

Jay Kay arrived to a scream of recognition from older members of the audience, suited up in a tasseled white cowboy jacket and pink jeans.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

In a New York City row house, Jesse Parris-Lamb placed thick, tasseled floor cushions near the fireplace.

From Seattle Times Dec. 29, 2022

A military leader or ruler, he wears a tasseled hat, rides a caparisoned mount, and is accompanied by dozens of smaller figures, a sculptural demographic of Kajola’s citizenry.

From New York Times Oct. 16, 2022

Blond, blue-eyed white dude with a deep side part and comb-over, wearing a blindingly white polo tucked into plaid shorts, and a pair of tasseled loafers.

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone

There are reports were corn in southern Illinois is only 2 to 3 feet tall and tasseling, he said.

From Reuters Jun. 28, 2012

The harsh weather arrived just as the corn was entering its crucial tasseling stage and kernels were starting to form.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some corn is tasseling weeks ahead of schedule, and an early harvest is in prospect.

From Time Magazine Archive

Barring disaster, his 42 acres of tall tasseling corn will be worth at least $2,500 in October.

From Time Magazine Archive

The girls sat gazing out on the beautiful rolling fields of blue grass and tasseling corn, which Molly knowingly remarked promised an excellent crop.

From Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Nell Speed

A tasselled blue Texan-style ensemble -- complete with a cowboy hat for the robot -- and a retro silver puffer jacket were among the looks showcased at the event on Thursday.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

Ellie Saab and Louis Vuitton's neon fringed and tasselled dresses and trousers also stood out, as models sashayed down the catwalk in their designs.

From BBC Dec. 27, 2025

There were also velvet suits, unbuttoned silky shirts and tasselled dresses and skirts.

From Reuters Sep. 22, 2023

She keeps her little tasselled bag at her feet like someone used to making a quick getaway, someone who leaves nothing behind.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2018

There was a visiting cardinal in the glorious tasselled hat which still adorns the notepaper of Wolsey’s College at Oxford.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Cynthia stood by the open window, where the sweet summer wind went by, laden with the fragrance of newly cut grasses and the silk of the corn that was just tasselling out.

From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Still at a gallop we left these behind and entered a broad lane between fields of tasselling corn, where we saw a gallant sight.

From The Cavalier by George Washington Cable

The hot sun blazed fiercely down on his thinly clad back, and he noticed as he struggled through the tasselling corn that the leaves were already firing about the roots.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger

We know when the first violets are blowing in the woods, and we paint for ourselves the tasselling of the alder and the red of maple-buds.

From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Alice Brown

The tall, tasselling corn now flows free in rippling, murmuring, ever widening silvery seas.

From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks




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