tweed

[ tweed ]
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noun
  1. a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.

  2. tweeds, garments made of this cloth.

  1. a paper having a rough surface, used especially for certain photographic prints.

Origin of tweed

1
1835–45; apparently back formation from Scots tweedling twilling (now obsolete) < ?

Other definitions for Tweed (2 of 2)

Tweed
[ tweed ]

noun
  1. William Mar·cy [mahr-see] /ˈmɑr si/ "Boss Tweed", 1823–78, U.S. politician.

  2. a river flowing E from S Scotland along part of the NE boundary of England into the North Sea. 97 miles (156 km) long.

  1. a male given name.

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How to use tweed in a sentence

  • We therefore refer him to his class: he is a typical politician, a single-track mind, a combination of Mugwump and Boss tweed.

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  • No wonder that in these glorious times Boss tweed and his merry men became millionaires, having been penniless adventurers before.

British Dictionary definitions for tweed (1 of 2)

tweed

/ (twiːd) /


noun
    • a thick woollen often knobbly cloth produced originally in Scotland

    • (as modifier): a tweed coat

  1. (plural) clothes made of this cloth, esp a man's or woman's suit

  1. (plural) Australian informal trousers

Origin of tweed

1
C19: probably from tweel, a Scottish variant of twill, influenced by Tweed

British Dictionary definitions for Tweed (2 of 2)

Tweed

/ (twiːd) /


noun
  1. a river in SE Scotland and NE England, flowing east and forming part of the border between Scotland and England, then crossing into England to enter the North Sea at Berwick. Length: 156 km (97 miles)

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