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2. American fiber helmet - Wikipedia

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   Unit cost. $1.36 (1941) [1] The American fiber helmet (also known as the American pith helmet, safari helmet, tropical helmet, sun helmet, elephant helmet, or pressed fiber helmet) is a type of sun helmet made of pressed fiber material that has been used as part of the military uniform by various branches and units of the United States Armed ...

3. Doublet (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Doublet (clothing) The unidentified tailor in Giovanni Battista Moroni 's famous portrait of c. 1570 is in doublet and lined and stuffed ("bombasted") hose. A doublet (/ˈdʌblɪt/; [1] derived from the Ital. giubbetta [2]) is a man's snug-fitting jacket that is shaped and fitted to a man's body. The garment was worn in Spain, and spread to the ...

4. Guayabera - Wikipedia

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   Guayabera. The guayabera ( / ɡwaɪ.əˈbɛrə / ), also known as camisa de Yucatán ( Yucatán shirt), is a men's summer shirt, worn outside the trousers, distinguished by two columns of closely sewn pleats running the length of the front and back of the shirt. Typically made of linen, silk, or cotton, and appropriate for hot and/or humid ...

5. Grunting in tennis - Wikipedia

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   Grunting in tennis is a loud noise made by some players while hitting their shots. [1] Such noises have sometimes been described as "shrieking" [2] [3] or "screaming". [4] Monica Seles, Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe are generally considered to be the "grunt creators" in the women's and men's games, respectively.

6. Burma-Shave - Wikipedia

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   Burma-Shave was introduced in 1925 by the Burma-Vita company in Minneapolis owned by Clinton Odell. The company's original product was a liniment made of ingredients described as having come "from the Malay Peninsula and Burma " (hence its name). [1] Sales were sparse, and the company sought to expand sales by introducing a product with wider ...

7. Spencer (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Spencer (clothing) Clothing, c. 1800. The woman and the boy in brown are wearing spencers. The spencer, dating from the 1790s, was originally a woolen outer tail-coat with the tails omitted. It was worn as a short waist-length, double-breasted, man's jacket. It was originally named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758–1834), who is ...