tweedlike

adj

tweedlike

adj

Etymology From tweed + -like.

1

Resembling or characteristic of tweed.

  • Mr. Bigbucks was here again at the Salvatore Ferragamo show, conjured this time wearing sharp-edged suits of white cotton (with accompanying gloves), handsome tweedlike cotton blazers or faintly feminine evening clothes (a kind of shiny hoodie) that suggested a time in the future when it will be the man who needs help with his zipper before leaving the house.2007 June 28, Guy Trebay, “Looking Like a Billion Bucks”, in New York Times:

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