Crossword clues for tweedy
tweedy
- Outdoorsy, taste-wise
- Miss Marple-esque
- Like some professors' wardrobes
- Like some professorial wear
- Like some hunting jackets
- Like Miss Marple's attire
- Like Jane Marple's wardrobe
- Like an outdoorsy Englishman
- Collegiately attired
- Casually attired
- (Of country gentry) informal and loving the outdoor life
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"characteristic of the country or suburban set," 1912, from tweed + -y (2). Related: Tweediness.
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
WordNet
Wikipedia
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 Bird Loc
- Tweedy's Crab-eating Rat
Ships:
- USS Tweedy (DE-532)
Musical groups:
- Tweedy, a side project formed by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and his son Spencer.
Category:Scottish surnames
Tweedy is an American rock band composed of Jeff Tweedy, from the group Wilco, and his son, Spencer. The duo has released one album, '' Sukierae, in 2014. ''Spencer Tweedy had played drums with his father on a previous record, Mavis Staples' One True Vine, where Jeff Tweedy produced. The elder Tweedy had planned Sukierae to be a solo record, but kept Spencer involved after playing together in early sessions of the album. The group's album name references Susie, Jeff's wife and Spencer's mother, who was diagnosed with cancer during the composition process. When touring, the group includes bassist Darin Gray, guitarist Jim Elkington, keyboardist-guitarist Liam Cunningham and singer Sima Cunningham.
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.