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threads

British  
/ θrɛdz /

plural noun

  1. a slang word for clothes

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What threads each decade together, she adds, is that sartorially, the Queen "always made the right choice" - ever appropriate for the occasion.

From BBC

The tub may be wooden, the ewer convincingly rendered as base metal, but the bedding and Mary’s gown are of silk with golden threads that is recognizably Italian.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Number 38 bus service threads a north-south path through Edinburgh, far from the picture postcard version of Scotland's capital.

From BBC

The author seems to trust that a coherent narrative will emerge, without the help of analytical threads, from a jumble of facts, tableaux, faces and innumerable quotes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Silicone molecules in the same mixture attach themselves to the surface of those tiny threads.

From Science Daily