Definitions
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- adjective of or relating to
Tyrol - noun someone from
Tyrol
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol
- noun soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people
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Examples
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There is also a tyrolean 'flinger', a mechanical flap flings the finish stucco in large globs, it is called a Tyrolean finish but I never seen one in North America - it is a Swiss/Austrian decoration.
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: There is also a tyrolean 'flinger', a mechanical flap flings the finish stucco in large globs, it is called a Tyrolean finish but I never seen one in North America - it is a Swiss/Austrian decoration.
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And the word "Tyrolean" now suggested to him a national song which had long reposed in his musical cabinet at home.
Wandering Heath Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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The collection immediately transported one to the Tyrolean region of Austria, where Alpine costumes are still worn.
The Hills Are Alive 2012
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The latest men's collections have headed into the mountains via such diverse routes as the '70s-era Yosemite rock climbers referenced at Band of Outsiders and the Tyrolean squires and Himalayan cowboys at Etro.
The Gentleman Adventurer Darrell Hartman 2011
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Crist ó bal Balenciaga stitched a Tyrolean-themed wardrobe for her chalet in the Austrian Alps. At her farm in Virginia, she wore 19th-century-style puffed-sleeved gowns by Mainbocher.
Le Freak, C Josh Patner 2010
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These Tyrolean crossings are unmanned and just begging some daredevil to try traversing them sliding along on a belt or handkerchief, as demonstrated by the stars of countless adventure movies.
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Among them was Wallis Simpson, who was so taken by Ms. Rogers's Tyrolean costumes that she commissioned designers Mainbocher and Schiaparelli to recreate the look for her wedding trousseau.
The Hills Are Alive 2012
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When she returned from Europe wearing modified Tyrolean garments in 1938, New York fashion editors "snapped to attention."
She Wore It Well Amy Finnerty 2011
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Reuters OUT LIKE A LAMB: U.S. skier Sarah Schleper carried her 4-year-old son Lasse during a leisurely final run in her last slalom World Cup race in the Tyrolean ski resort of Lienz, Austria, Thursday.
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"Mr. Genoways is fighting for his job, his reputation, his $134,000-a-year salary and his legacy as the editor who helped put the review on the literary map far beyond the “academical village” founded by Thomas Jefferson, where William Faulkner, a pipe between his teeth and a Tyrolean hat on his head, once strolled as writer-in-residence."
The New York Times, A Suicide Leaves a Literary Journal and Its Editor in Limbo, by Julie Bosman, September 10, 2010.
September 11, 2010