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  2. Jacket - Wikipedia

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    A jacket is a garment for the upper body, usually extending below the hips. [1] A jacket typically has sleeves and fastens in the front or slightly on the side. Jackets without sleeves are vests. A jacket is generally lighter, tighter-fitting, and less insulating than a coat, but both are outerwear.

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

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    (Uncommon slang; proper n.) A term of informal address used with male strangers; [1] [2] generally implies more unfriendliness or disapproval than the more neutral 'pal' or 'buddy': "Get your car out of my way, Mac!" UK generally 'mate'.

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

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    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

  5. Clothing terminology - Wikipedia

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    Called the "Jacket, Field, Wool, M-1944", it was commissioned by then General Dwight Eisenhower as a new field jacket for the US Forces in Northern Europe. The jacket was based on the British Army 'Battle Dress' jacket of the same era. The cardigan is a knitted jacket or button-front sweater created to keep British soldiers warm in Russian winters.

  6. Sport coat - Wikipedia

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    A shooting jacket is a type of sport coat worn, as the name suggests, originally while participating in the sports of shooting or hunting. It usually comes with a leather patch on the front shoulder to prevent recoil wear from the butt of a shotgun or rifle, and frequently has matching leather patches on the elbows.

  7. Cincinnati Slang - AOL

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    The locals of Cincinnati use slang terms and phrases that have been part of the local culture for so long, nobody stops to ask why. Once they move away from home, they realize they've been using ...

  8. Blazer - Wikipedia

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    A single-breasted, reefer-style, navy blue blazer, dressed with brass buttons. A blazer is a type of lightweight sport jacket.Originally a scarlet jacket worn in club or plain colours when boating or cricketing, the garment gradually lost its connection with sportswear from the 1930s onward to enter classic style, and the look came to be associated with the lifestyle of wealthy elites.

  9. How Polari, the ‘lost language’ of gay men, inspired much of ...

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    Regardless, “zhuzh” — the pronunciation sounds a bit like "jouj" — is in fact a real word, meaning “to fix, to tidy; to smarten up,” according to Green’s Dictionary of Slang.