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2. Guernsey (Australian rules football) - Wikipedia

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   The first footballers often wore cricket whites during matches with teams distinguished by wearing coloured ribbons and caps. By the 1870s, footballers started to wear more rugged and robust woollen navy jumpers called Guernseys which traced their origins to the Channel Islands off the coast of France. It is from this garment that the modern ...

3. Guernsey (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   The guernsey is the mainstay of Guernsey's knitting industry which can be dated back to the late 15th century when a royal grant was obtained to import wool from England and re-export knitted goods to Normandy and Spain. Peter Heylin described the manufacture and export of "waste-cotes" during the reign of Charles I.

4. Sweater - Wikipedia

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   sweater, cardigan, jumper Women's sleeveless dress: jumper: pinafore Cotton (or jersey) garment covering torso and arms that is closed at the front: sweatshirt: jersey Athletic shirt: jersey: jersey, kit (refers to full sports uniform) Sleeveless knit garment: sweater vest, slipover: slipover, tank top Sleeveless undershirt: tank top: vest, singlet

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

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   jumper [1] sweater [2] [3] Sleeveless knit top sleeveless jumper, slipover, [4] knit tank top sweater vest [3] Sleeveless dress worn over a shirt Pinafore, pinny, pinafore dress [5] Jumper, jumper dress, dress Old-fashioned style of apron Pinafore apron [6] Pinafore, pinafore apron [6] Sleeveless padded garment used as outerwear Gilet, body ...

6. Category:Australian female long jumpers - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Australian female long jumpers" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

7. Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company mill - Wikipedia

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   The woollen mill held a contract with Queensland Railways for the supply of serge for their employee uniforms, as well as with the Queensland Police for the manufacture of serge uniforms. [1] The Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company played an important role in the war effort during the First World War. Many of the industries in Ipswich ...

8. Jersey (knitted clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Traditionally, a jersey is an item of knitted clothing, generally made of wool or cotton, with sleeves, worn as a pullover, as it does not open at the front, unlike a cardigan. It is usually close-fitting and machine knitted in contrast to a guernsey that is more often hand knit with a thicker yarn.

9. Viyella - Wikipedia

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   Viyella logo. Viyella is a blend of wool and cotton first woven in 1893 in England, and the "first branded fabric in the world". [1] It was made of 55% merino wool and 45% cotton in a twill weave, developed by James and Robert Sissons of William Hollins & Co, spinners and hosiers.