tweedy meaning

Adjective: tweedy (tweedier,tweediest)  tweedee

1. Of textiles; having a rough surface
   - homespun, nubby, nubbly, slubbed 
2. (of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy

Derived forms: tweedier, tweediest

See also: rough, tweed, tweediness, unsmooth, upper-class

Encyclopedia: Tweedy, G J

Examples

More:   Next

1. hard as nails at a bargain, old tweedy
2. the pub was full of tweedy farmers
3. tweedy, browne built that record with very wide diversification
4. tweedy, crown solicitor for waterford . has that silk hat ever since
5. pride of calpe s rocky mount, the ravenhaired daughter of tweedy