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slipover

[ slip-oh-ver ]

noun



slipover

/ ˈɪˌəʊə /

adjective

  1. of or denoting a garment that can be put on easily over the head
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. such a garment, esp a sleeveless pullover
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of slipover1

First recorded in 1915–20; noun, adj. use of verb phrase slip over
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She wore a slipover jersey sweater and a tweed skirt, and her hair was brushed back like a boy's.

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The elves are wearing soft, slipover, pointed-toe covers, not shoes.

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One was out of the road-safety palate – short shorts and a sports bra in one tangerine tone under a loose slipover dress in a slightly different shade.

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He wore black dress trousers and an open-neck slipover shirt of a very fine, almost transparent, fabric heavily embroidered down the front.

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Ruth had already noticed that she was dressed almost as she had been at their first meeting—a slipover apron that Ruth had given her being the only new garment.

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