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

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    Sleeveless padded garment used as outerwear 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

  3. Pinafore - Wikipedia

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    A pinafore / ˈ p ɪ n ə f ɔːr / (colloquially a pinny / ˈ p ɪ n i / in British English) is a sleeveless garment worn as an apron. [1] Pinafores may be worn as a decorative garment or as a protective apron. A related term is pinafore dress (known as a jumper in American English), i.e. a sleeveless dress intended to be worn over a top or ...

  4. Sleeveless shirt - Wikipedia

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    A sleeveless T-shirt, also called a muscle shirt, is the same design as a T-shirt, but without sleeves. [4] Some sleeveless T-shirts, which possess smaller, narrower arm holes, are traditionally worn by both women and men. They are often worn during athletic activities or as casual wear during warmer weather.

  5. Underwear - Wikipedia

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    A sleeveless garment similar to a T-shirt. Also sometimes worn as an informal outer garment. A-shirt (guinea tee, muscle shirt, singlet; UK: vest) – tight-fitting with large armholes and a neckline that can extend as far as mid-chest. camisole: a sleeveless undershirt for women; Lower body: Bikini briefs: bikini Australia: briefs (men's)

  6. Jumper (dress) - Wikipedia

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    The latter, though a related garment, has an open back and is worn as an apron. In American English, pinafore always refers to an apron. [citation needed] A sundress, like a jumper, is sleeveless and collarless; however, such articles are not worn over a blouse or sweater, and are of distinctly different cuts and fashions. The apron dress may ...

  7. Clothing terminology - Wikipedia

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    Edward VI in a red fur-lined gown with split hanging sleeves, a men's fashion of the mid-16th century. Despite the constant introduction of new terms by fashion designers, clothing manufacturers, and marketers, the names for several basic garment classes in English are very stable over time.

  8. Sweater vest - Wikipedia

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    A sweater vest (known as a tank top, sleeveless jumper, sleeveless sweater, sleeveless pullover or slipover in the UK) is an item of knitwear that is similar to a sweater, but without sleeves, usually with a low-cut neckline. They were popular in the 20th century, particularly in the 1970s in the UK, and are again growing in popularity in the ...

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

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    The ends of a garment's sleeves, furthest from the wearer short for handcuffs An arrangement at the bottom of trouser-legs, in which the material is folded back upon itself to form a trough externally around the bottom of the leg. (UK: turn-ups) cunt: offensive (or sometimes indulgent) term often applied to men: vagina (usu. obscene)