Tallis
Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tallis
from Hebrew, literally: a cover
Example Sentences
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He and his staff, which will include another Kangaroos great in Gorden Tallis, have been immersing themselves in Super League to gen up.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
Tallis has taught English and worked as an editorial assistant in the publishing industry, and Hilary has worked at Seattle restaurants The Fiddler’s Inn and St. Cloud’s, as well as Hardwick Hardware.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
Tallis and Hilary Moore read that December article about the Buzzard, Hilary recalls, “and I turned to Tallis and I kind of half-jokingly was like, ‘Do you want to buy a bookstore?’”
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
There’s a physical experience to singing Byrd or Tallis, or a lot of that era of music.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
No one in the Tallis household was looking after the Quincey twins, and to conceal her guilt she said brightly, “We’ll never find anything with the room in this state.”
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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And if we want an outfit to wear on special occasions, all we have to do is reach into the closet and pull out our tallis, or prayer shawl.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
Celebrate Fathukkah’s Day by giving your dad a new tie—and a new tallis.
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2013
In the eyes of this young son of a rabbi familiar with the image of the white tallis, or prayer shawl, Dick Williams looked more than a manager in a mere baseball uniform.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2011
As we ponder whether to set our DVR s or smuggle iPhones in our tallis bags, stories of how others have dealt with similar dilemmas can be enlightening.
From Washington Post
I stared at it as I went through my morning routine—washing my hands, putting on tallis and tefillin and davening.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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