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A person wearing a pullover hoodie. The hooded pullover is a utilitarian garment that originated in the 1930s in the US for workers in cold New York warehouses. [7] The earliest clothing style was first produced by Champion in the 1930s in Rochester and marketed to laborers working in freezing temperatures in upstate New York. [8]
A raglan sleeve sweatshirt with Harley-Davidson branding. A sweatshirt is a long-sleeved pullover shirt or jacket fashioned out of thick, usually cotton, cloth material. [1] [2] Sweatshirts are almost exclusively casual attire and hence not as formal as some sweaters.
Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.
garment worn over genitals as underwear - gender specific term (women) knickers [28] panties [29] Garment worn over genitals as underwear - gender neutral term pants, [26] underwear, underpants [30] underwear, underpants [30] Garment worn inside the home. Dressing gown [31] Bathrobe, [32] robe
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
The term "sweater" is a catch-all for a variety of knit garments. Although the term often refers to a pullover, it can also refer to a cardigan , a garment that opens and fastens down the front. Within either group, there is a great variety of designs.
A notable trend at the turn of the 21st century is "cute" short forms: camisole becomes cami, hooded sweaters or sweatshirts become hoodies, and as of 2005, short or "shrunken" cardigans are cardies. The much-older term shimmy for "slip" is most likely a false singular from chemise.
Pullover Productions, UK producer of Pullover TV series; A scenic overlook, road shoulder or layby where a motorist can pull over out of through-traffic lanes; Pullover (exercise), a weight-training exercise; Pullover (horizontal bar) is a basic gymnastics movement that brings the athlete to the top of the bar