tweed
Example Sentences
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Costelloe often used traditional Irish fabrics and textiles in his designs, including Irish linen and tweed.
From BBC
He’s wearing one of his many tweed jackets with green elbow patches and an emerald pocket square to match.
From Literature
“You there, in the tweed cap! May I borrow your velocipede?”
From Literature
The night before my first day of work at NACA, I touched up my navy-blue tweed pleated skirt and jacket and checked my stockings to make sure they didn’t have any runs.
From Literature
Another is Harris tweed, the manufacturer of a fabric handwoven in the Outer Hebrides, which has risen from near death and now employs hundreds, selling its products all over the world.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
