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Other slang terms include wifebeater, beater, guinea tee or dago tee (guinea and dago being American ethnic slurs for people of Italian ethnicity). A popular claim regarding the origin of the term "wifebeater" is that it became synonymous with an undershirt after a Detroit man was reportedly arrested in 1947 for beating his wife to death.
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The firm was founded by Julius Hahne in 1858 as a specialty store which by the early 20th century had grown into a full-line department store.The store's motto was "The Store With The Friendly Spirit", and it became known as the "carriage trade" store in Newark.
Wife-beater, wifebeater, or wife beater is a slang term for a person who commits domestic violence against his or her wife or long-term female partner. It can also refer to: a type of sleeveless shirt; a nickname for certain alcoholic drinks: Rum, made from sugarcane, sometimes called "the golden wifebeater"
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I didn't hear them called wife beaters until COPS (TV series) which would often show wife beaters wearing wife beaters. Note that I live in Kansas City, MO and before that I lived in Kansas. Other comments on here seem to suggest that wife beater was used more in other parts of the country. --Gbleem 15:13, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
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