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tweedy
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ tweedy academics EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ His vulgarity offended the code of his tweedy circle. ▪ Michael Kors' silver mini-sheath with tweedy shell coat. 6. ▪ There was no sign of anyone resembling the tweedy man that ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of clothing English) made of tweed, or having a similar rough texture 2 (context of a person English) wearing tweed clothing 3 (context of a person English) preppy
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
For things named Tweedie , see Tweedie Tweedy may refer to: As a name: Alex Tweedy Bob Tweedy Cheryl Tweedy, birth name of Cheryl (entertainer) George Tweedy Jeff Tweedy , leader of American band, Wilco John Tweedy John Hubbard Tweedy Samuel Tweedy Tweedy ...
Usage examples of tweedy.
My daughter Bee, from my marriage to Tweedy Browner, was just starting seventh grade in a Washington suburb and was having trouble readjusting to life in the States after two years in South Korea.
But it was her mother, Tweedy Browner, who showed up in the arrivals area, a small dusty third-world place in a state of halted renovation.
For a moment I thought Bee was dead and Tweedy had come to tell me in person.
Barring mechanical failures, turbulent weather and terrorist acts, Tweedy said, an aircraft traveling at the speed of sound may be the last refuge of gracious living and civilized manners known to man.
When we did, after the melancholy epochs of Janet Savory and Tweedy Browner, things proceeded to fall apart.
I found myself looking away, focusing on the little bar brooch worn by one of her tweedy companions.
Her complexion, birds-nest hair, tweedy suit--even her THE WIDOWS CLUB 63 eyes--all came in variations of that shade.
She was easing out of the tweedy coat, revealing a hand-knitted oatmeal cardigan and twin strands of pearls.
Cliffy could explode in his face, a second car arrived, this one driven by a tweedy guy wearing thick glasses.
Robinson helped the tweedy guy unload all kinds of electronic equipment from the trunk and back seat of his car.
As if it were some kind of show, we watched the tweedy guy point things at the top hat, and touch it with probes.
The greasy guy immediately began to talk and wave his hands at the tweedy woman, while she smiled politely and began to work on the knitting she pulled from an enormous bag.
They were as tweedy as the old lady, but seemed to be dressed for some other time or place.
No longer a tweedy academic, he was now decked out in cat-burglar black.
His tweeds were every bit as tweedy as hers, and his glasses were no less thick and black in the rims.