brussels

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The term body brussels is used to distinguish it from tapestry brussels, an imitation of inferior grade in which the design is printed on the threads instead of the use of separate threads of different colors.

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  1. A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc.

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  1. the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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  • It was curious that she should wear a hat wreathed in withered brown brussels-sprouts and for a moment his confidence in her identity failed him; but he took off the sun-glasses and saw that the brussels-sprouts were red roses, really, and expensive red roses at that. —  Tour De Force - Christianna Brand - Cockrill 06: 1955
  • They arrived, breathless and blushing, in ones and twos, Miss Trapp last of all, hurriedly adjusting the khaki silk dress and the brussels-sprouts hat. —  Tour De Force - Christianna Brand - Cockrill 06: 1955
  • Miss Trapp should have her wedding costume made for her there, a present from himself with extravagant good wishes; yes, and a hat too, madly becoming, he had just the thing in mind, a little nest of lilies and roses to perch on the bridal head… ‘And no brussels-sprouts?’ said Mr Fernando, wanly joking. —  Tour De Force - Christianna Brand - Cockrill 06: 1955
  • They cut him from ear to ear and took out a tumor as big as a brussels sprout At that moment two dinner plates were banged down on the table without warning. —  Braun_lilian_Jackson_09_The_Cat_Who_went_Underground
  • The term body brussels is used to distinguish it from tapestry brussels, an imitation of inferior grade in which the design is printed on the threads instead of the use of separate threads of different colors. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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