tuille
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tuille
1350–1400; Middle English toile < Middle French tuille, variant of teuille < Latin tēgula tile
Example Sentences
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However, on Lewis, Pasco’s version of Broadway, Mexican butchers, bakeries and party-supply stores compete for attention against shops selling quinceañera ballgowns bulging with chiffon and tuille.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
Photograph: PJP photos/REX Shutterstock Ditto Grimes on the cover of the latest NME, shot in pink tuille while sat inside a shell.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2015
And did Mr. Lavender know of the legend connected with the air of Cha till, cha till mi tuille?
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various
He never can bring himself to utter to his mountain land, from the depths of his heart, the melancholy words, "Che til na tuille."
From The Englishwoman in America by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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