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Sweater
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- 1 A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
- 2 a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body wordnet
- 3 A similar garment worn for warmth. US
"We could slip away / Wouldn't that be better? / Me with nothing to say / And you in your autumn sweater"
- 4 a person who perspires wordnet
- 5 One who sweats (produces sweat).
"The cardiologist who administered Alex's exercise stress test on August 21 observed during that test that Alex was a profuse sweater."
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- 6 One who or that which causes to sweat.
"We learn of the cruelty of some school or child-factory from journalists; we learn it from inspectors, we learn it from doctors, we learn it even from shame-stricken schoolmasters and repentant sweaters; but we never learn it from the children; we never learn it from the victims."
- 7 A diaphoretic remedy.
- 8 An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade. historical
"If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union."
- 9 One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them. archaic
- 10 A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point. UK, obsolete
"Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground, […]"
- 1 To dress in a sweater. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.
From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.
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