terry

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun English actress (1847-1928)
noun a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes

Of uncertain origin, possibly French tiré (“drawn out”), past participle of tirer (“to draw out”).

—Three pints, Terry, says Joe. — Ulysses, James Joyce
“How about you?” Terry said. — I am a woman, Ann Bannon
#Dashiell, Landon R.# ***Aunt Sanna Terry. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

Dame Ellen Terry, Dame Alice Ellen Terry

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