tweed
Example Sentences
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Across the aisle, a young man with shaggy hair and a tweed blazer noticed the book on my lap.
A man with a spongy face, a bushel of white hair, and a patched tweed jacket grumbles at Jakob from the bar.
From Literature
On the Scottish island of Harris, the setting for this novel, expensive tweeds are a costly commodity.
From Los Angeles Times
"I wanted to see whether, when you strip away the usual Chanel signatures - the tweed, the jewelled buttons - you can still get to that essence," he told WWD.
From BBC
Designed by her dressmaker Norman Hartnell, the Queen first wore her Harris tweed jacket and Balmoral Tartan skirt in the 1950s.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
