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tassel

[tas-uhl] / ˈtæs əl /




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Those still open tend to have generators, menus priced in dollars and a clientele of well-connected Cubans, decked in salmon shirts and tassel loafers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

The traditional velvet cap features embroidered initials, button and tassel and a hand-embroidered clementine in honour of his wife Clementine.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024

A smaller tassel allows more light to reach the leaves.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 25, 2023

Corn relies on the wind to carry its pollen from tassel to silk.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023

That durned tassel thing tickle my nose, but I didn’t scratch it or nothing.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles

Here clay has been made to conjure soft flesh, the fall and flow of fabric, even the swing of the tassels on Mary’s garment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

A penny loafer with subtle studs and detachable tassels?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025

The show was described by many as dramatic - with dresses that more closely resembled lampshades, complete with delightful feathers, tassels and tulle.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025

And she does accessorize in other areas of her life, too, she said, pointing to various tassels she has for her Bogg Bag.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2024

Gold breastplate, armbands, a gold-hilted sword and scabbard, gold tassels and buckles, and gold embroidery all over.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Lizzie Osorio remembers customers flooding Lion Boots in early May, browsing embroidered shoes and tasseled suede dresses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

Jay Kay arrived to a scream of recognition from older members of the audience, suited up in a tasseled white cowboy jacket and pink jeans.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

The men stepped outside and lumbered back into the cart, driving toward a distant gate tasseled with barbed wire that lay at the end of the Sorting Arena.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2022

A military leader or ruler, he wears a tasseled hat, rides a caparisoned mount, and is accompanied by dozens of smaller figures, a sculptural demographic of Kajola’s citizenry.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

She was holding a fancy tasseled bookmark between her fingers as if it were a small flag.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

There are reports were corn in southern Illinois is only 2 to 3 feet tall and tasseling, he said.

From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 2012

Some corn is tasseling weeks ahead of schedule, and an early harvest is in prospect.

From Time Magazine Archive

Barring disaster, his 42 acres of tall tasseling corn will be worth at least $2,500 in October.

From Time Magazine Archive

The harsh weather arrived just as the corn was entering its crucial tasseling stage and kernels were starting to form.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am to be married in the time of tasseling corn.

From The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts by Mary Hunter Austin

But there was certainly a concerted effort to attract the eye of younger shoppers with a fashion-forward approach to Christmas party staples like sequinned dresses, tasselled skirts and see-through lace tops.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

A tasselled blue Texan-style ensemble -- complete with a cowboy hat for the robot -- and a retro silver puffer jacket were among the looks showcased at the event on Thursday.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

There were also velvet suits, unbuttoned silky shirts and tasselled dresses and skirts.

From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2023

The furnishings were crystal, gilt, and tasselled bronze brocade.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019

There was a visiting cardinal in the glorious tasselled hat which still adorns the notepaper of Wolsey’s College at Oxford.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The tall, tasselling corn now flows free in rippling, murmuring, ever widening silvery seas.

From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks

Cynthia stood by the open window, where the sweet summer wind went by, laden with the fragrance of newly cut grasses and the silk of the corn that was just tasselling out.

From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Still at a gallop we left these behind and entered a broad lane between fields of tasselling corn, where we saw a gallant sight.

From The Cavalier by George Washington Cable

We know when the first violets are blowing in the woods, and we paint for ourselves the tasselling of the alder and the red of maple-buds.

From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Alice Brown

Vines bending with enormous clusters of grapes festoon themselves from tree to tree, tasselling the topmost branches with fruit and tendrils.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various


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