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threads

/θɾ̪̊ɛdz/ noun B1
  1. Clothes, clothing. (slang)
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We looked back on it now, the slanting rays of a low sun turning the streams to threads of gold and glowing on the red earth new turned by the plough and the broad tangle of the woodlands.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 68 · C1
Of course I have other reasons for thinking so—dozens of exiguous threads which lead vaguely up towards the centre of the web where the poisonous, motionless creature is lurking.
The Valley of Fear, p. 15 · C1
“I have now in my hands,” my companion said, confidently, “all the threads which have formed such a tangle.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 70 · B2
Gossamers glimmered like threads of silver among the trees and the fir boughs and tassels seemed to utter friendly speech.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 63 · C1

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