wincey


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wincey

(ˈwɪnsɪ)
n
(Textiles) Brit a plain- or twill-weave cloth, usually having a cotton or linen warp and a wool filling
[C19: of Scottish origin, probably an alteration of woolsey as in linsey-woolsey]
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Noun1.wincey - a plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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Matthew was not looking at her and would not have seen what she was really like if he had been, but an ordinary observer would have seen this: A child of about eleven, garbed in a very short, very tight, very ugly dress of yellowish-gray wincey. She wore a faded brown sailor hat and beneath the hat, extending down her back, were two braids of very thick, decidedly red hair.
This morning when I left the asylum I felt so ashamed because I had to wear this horrid old wincey dress.
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I can see myself, in that dreadful old wincey dress and faded sailor hat, exploring decks and cabins with enraptured curiosity.
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Mainly because the accepted way of asking favour is slooowly say need to ask a favour in really wincey, screwed-upface way, like it's definitely going to be a nightmare and then leave a reality-TV-winner-announcementlength gap before saying what it is.
Breaking up is no longer hard to do
|| Left, Tyne Tees weather girl, Wincey Willis, 1983, the year she moved to TV-am; right, Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon at Newcastle Airport, 1984.
A North East institution for 60 years; TYNE TEES TELEVISION
"And a knitted incey wincey spider, a hideous thing I knitted; she liked that.
Nazanin's mum-in-law says Iran kidnaping
Anyone the follow-song John is a Terry TV (Thought The song, which also mentioned former Tyne Tees weather presenter Wincey Willis, became a cult hit but the band disappeared from view very quickly.
Moments that defined the 80s; WE REMEMBER THE EVENTS, PEOPLE AND CULTURE THAT MADE THE REGION WHAT IT WAS IN THE DECADE THAT'S BECOME KNOWN FOR EXCESS
WINCEY A Type of cloth B Intense pain C Crank of a wooden wheel who am I?
TIME OUT EXTRA
Ant: Dec's was the TV-am weather girl Wincey Willis.
'I'm called Ant & Dec, 'I'm called Ant & Dec, even when I'm on my own!'
I could probably repeat it word for word if called upon and name the celebs in the audience (Wincey Willis anyone?).
STEVE HENDRY The TV man who's seen it all; The National TV Awards had many poignant moments, not least the Special Recognition Award for the Big Yin. Judi Dench's appearance underlined what a Dame fine comedian Tracey Ullman is. Bake Off also rose to the awards challenge. Meanwhile, River City writer Louise Ironside deserves every Shieldinch of praise
Kathy also had a short stint as Tyne Tees weather girl after the famous Wincey Willis quit to take a job at TV-am in 1983.
Kathy Secker was front page news of the last ever broadsheet Sunday Sun; And the much loved television presenter and model turned on the presses for the first tabloid edition
Others included Kevin Keatings, now a TV football commentator, Alastair Pirrie, who presented hit TV kids' pop show Razzmatazz with Lisa Stans-eld, former breakfast TV weathergirl Wincey Willis, Recognition PR founder Graham Robb and John Simons, now a respected national radio executive.
Ex-presenters and staff are tuned in to idea of radio reunion party
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