Why is literature still figuratively the nervous dude in the tweed jacket smelling of moth balls?

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Soon after take-off, Farooq saunters down the aisle, dressed in a stylish tweed jacket.

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Mr. McLaughlin said he made his purple trousers with a specific pairing in mind: a heathery Harris tweed jacket.

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There is nothing in his fashion sense rumpled tweed jacket and jeans to suggest his significance on the world stage of design, either.

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Warwick was seventy-six years old, tall, stooped, and frumpy-looking, with a well-worn tweed jacket, liver spots dotting his skin, wispy gray hair by all appearances, a doddering, midcentury academic.

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Lebenthal, a petite brunette who favors dramatic and elegant clothing, wore a Carolina Herrera tweed jacket she had purchased over two years ago and had embellished with several sparkling vintage pins.

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Hippies and yuppies rub shoulders during the event held on Alberta Street in Northeast Portland, and "hipsters showcase their latest patched vintage tweed jacket and creative take on facial hair to crowds that take in food truck fare, art, hand-sewn sock puppets, glass blown jars and any other obscure item your heart might ever have desired, " Moon writes.

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And a white silk shell, navy textured tweed lame jacket, and marine wool silk jacquard pant combo looked perfect for the editor at work.

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Fond of Lands' End tailoring, knit ties and cheap watches, Boies quickly returns in a gray tweed wool jacket, which, for the rest of the day, he pulls over his head to stay dry, as if an umbrella might slow him down.

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Every button on the jacket of her pink tweed suit is done up, every hair on her head is combed precisely into place, framing the tidy features of her bespectacled face.

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