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twill, twill, 'twill
twill (TWIL) (noun)
A fabric with diagonal parallel ribs and the weave used to produce such a fabric: "He was wearing pants make of cotton twill."
twill (TWIL) (verb)
To weave (cloth) so as to produce a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs: "She could twill the woven cloth into very beautiful material for dresses and shirts."
'twill (TWIL) (verb)
1. A contraction of "it will" which is an archaic or a literary usage: "Well, 'twill be a long time before I do anything like this again!"
2. There are other forms of 't or the missing letter i in it plus verb forms:
2. There are other forms of 't or the missing letter i in it plus verb forms:
"Oh, come on, 'tisn't all that difficult."
Maybe 'twasn't for you, but 'twas for me and besides, 'tis easy for you talk this way when you didn't have to go through the trouble. I repeat, 'twasn't an easy thing to do and if 'tweren't for the help of my friend, 'twouldn't be done at all!"
It seems that 'twill be a long time before she finds a twill that she likes as well as the twill she saw in the store window.
Even though 'twon't make her happy if she has to settle for her second choice, 'twill be easy for you because you don't sew and so you don't know the difference between one kind of twill and another one.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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