Definitions
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- noun The quality of being
tweedy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds
- noun looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
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Examples
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In some movies, this tweediness would be a quick easy gesture to make a quick easy point.
(3) Movies of Summer The Brillig Blogger 2009
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In some movies, this tweediness would be a quick easy gesture to make a quick easy point.
Archive 2009-07-01 The Brillig Blogger 2009
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For a long time now the genre has needed me, someone truly groundbreaking, truth-telling, bridge-building, someone who combines the tweediness of Tolkien with the beard of—
Beating My Head on the Genre Wall - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2009
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For a long time now the genre has needed me, someone truly groundbreaking, truth-telling, bridge-building, someone who combines the tweediness of Tolkien with the beard of—
Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games: April 2009 Archives 2009
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Cheerfully she took up Todd's Judaism, John Warner's senatorial Virginia tweediness, Burton's rugby-loving, hard-drinking Welshness, and, temporarily, the weaknesses of all of them.
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I bought the yarn (rowan cashcotton) in a sale last year, and decided the soft tweediness would be best served with a plan stocking stitch top-down raglan.
slippedstitch 2009
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