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Recent Examples of tippet Simply slide the notched cylinder down the tippet to the fly and twist your wrist, freeing the hook. Greg Thomas, Outside Online, 27 May 2022 The Beartooth Package includes the rod, rod tube, rod sock, line, line holder, flies, and tippet. Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023 Basic gear like nippers, forceps to pinch barbs or remove hooks, tippet to attach new flies to the leader, and some good wading or water shoes are good to have. Outside Online, 9 May 2022 Use a 7- or 8-weight rod, matching floating line with an 8-foot leader including a 2-foot bite tippet of 20-pound fluorocarbon or monofilament. Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 Nov. 2021 See all Example Sentences for tippet 
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Noun
  • Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak); social calls, dinners, and balls; the weather; her mother’s health; and people—often dozens of names.
    Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017
  • Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak)
    Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • For more of a European flair, there’s the mantilla veil.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Weirdest Head Gear Lana Del Rey, wearing an Alexander McQueen gown, was topped by a thorn of crowns or Spanish mantilla — or maybe both.
    Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024
Noun
  • Joe Burrow is ready to sport a different kind of uniform — one with a suit and cape.
    Shyla Watson, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • During this time, the designer cultivated a signature look—body-conscious gowns that were often covered in dazzling crystals and sequins, and punctuated with fabulous feather boas or capes.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2020
  • On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
Noun
  • Now, their family-first manta is more important than ever.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
  • Behind them were women in brown vicuña mantas and bowlers.
    Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • Martha follows her release from jail (in her famous handmade poncho) and her ultimate comeback.
    Ana Calderone, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • That poncho was a symbol of something Stewart had always stood for, even though many had over the years misread—and even been angered by—her message.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Michelle Yeoh’s blush pink Dior two-piece came complete with a capelet at the back, an unexpected detail that paid off.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Zoë Saldana Zoë Saldana wears a black Michael Kors Collection skirt with a chainmail capelet created by Cartier and Tyler Ellis clutch.
    Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023

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