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  2. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    a cloth for washing the face or body (US: washcloth) particular type of fabric/material used for the manufacture of trousers or suits, but more commonly recognised in America as a fabric used in warm winter night clothes and sheets flapjack flat oat cake (US: granola bar) pancake flat (n.) self-contained housing unit (US: apartment)

  3. Clothing terminology - Wikipedia

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    Clothing terminology comprises the names of individual garments and classes of garments, ... a meaning it retained until the mid-20th century.

  4. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    1. A dressmaker is a person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Also called a mantua-maker (historically) or a modiste. 2. Dressmaker as an adjective denotes clothing made in the style of a dressmaker, frequently in the term dressmaker details which includes ruffles, frills, ribbon or braid trim.

  5. Hot, cold, or hand-wash? Here's what those laundry symbols on ...

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    One dot means it should be washed cold, two dots mean wash warm, and three dots mean wash hot. But cold, warm, or hot can be so subjective. Some tags will be extra helpful and include numbers to ...

  6. List of garments having different names in American and ...

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    Gilet, body warmer [7] Vest, puffer vest [7] [8] Sleeveless garment used as outerwear Waistcoat [9] Vest, [8] tailored vest Sleeveless garment used as underwear Vest [8] Wifebeater, [10] undershirt [8] Sleeveless, legless, one piece infant garment with snap or other type of closure Vest, bodysuit: onesie, sleeveless bodysuit, bodysuit

  7. Top (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    A top is an item of clothing that covers at least the chest, but which usually covers most of the upper human body between the neck and the waistline. [1] The bottom of tops can be as short as mid-torso, or as long as mid-thigh. Men's tops are generally paired with pants, and women's with pants or skirts.

  8. Clothing - Wikipedia

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    Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles , but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin sheets of materials and natural products found in the environment, put together.

  9. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    "Chav" is used throughout England, though "charv" or "charva" was originally used in the northeast, deriving from the Roma word charva, meaning a disreputable youth. cheeky * impertinent; noun form, cheek, impertinence; a child answering back to an adult might be told "don't give me any of your cheek" (also there is the expression "cheeky ...