worsted
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He often mixed silk and wool or silk and linen for a softer alternative to the heavy, stiff gabardines and worsted wools that were typical for men’s suits and jackets.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
Rolls upon rolls of flannel, worsted wool and cashmere are stacked in a space the size of a football field.
From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2017
Dark gray, worsted wool, jackets with rows of brass.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2017
She took photographs and wrote poetry; in 1938, The New York Times published her ode to “a day for dreaming in the sun, for telling worsted tales, for languid ease.”
From New York Times • May 26, 2016
Papa was elegant that day, in a brand-new double-breasted worsted suit, with vest and silk tie and stickpin.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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