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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.
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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
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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
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Noun
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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
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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
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For more of a European flair, there’s the mantilla veil.—
Laura Lajiness Kaupke,
Vogue,
3 Sep. 2024
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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
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Uzo Aduba dons a detective’s cape in ‘The Residence’ — now streaming on Netflix.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Read more >>> A cape fit for a queen Since the 1950s, one family has handcrafted the slipper-satin cape worn by each year’s St. Patrick’s Day queen.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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According to reports from Telemundo San Diego and Mexican publication El Universal, a narco manta — a banner used by cartels to communicate threats publicly — was posted on a bridge and addressed to Grupo Firme.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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And although stingray tails have a fearsome reputation for deadly stings, manta tails lack defensive spines entirely.—
Jack Tamisiea,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Grab a yellow poncho and a ticket ($14) to view the falls from below at the Cave of the Winds observation decks.—
Megan Michelson,
Outside Online,
26 Feb. 2025
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Key pieces: Taking cues from performance wear, the fall collection features fur and nylon puffers alongside more luxurious items like a hooded rabbit poncho and floor-length robe coat with patchwork fox, shearling and mink.—
Thomas Waller,
WWD,
21 Feb. 2025
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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
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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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“Tippet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tippet. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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