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Sweater   /swˈɛtər/   Listen
noun
Sweater  n.  
1.
One who sweats.
2.
One who, or that which, causes to sweat; as:
(a)
A sudorific.
(b)
A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.
(c)
An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages. (Slang)






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"Sweater" Quotes from Famous Books



... that afternoon, found Lily watching the sleeping children and knitting a tiny sweater. Mrs. Collis was pale, but ...
— The Common Law • Robert W. Chambers

... into our yard one afternoon in April, while I was sleeping with mother in the sun on an old sweater which we had borrowed from Fred, one of the barmen. I heard mother growl, but I didn't take any notice. Mother is what they call a good watch-dog, and she growls at everybody except master. At first, when she used to do it, I would get up and bark my head off, but not now. ...
— The Man with Two Left Feet - and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse

... were a little late, but I wanted it that way, so we wouldn't have any talk with anyone before the meeting started. Everyone said "hello" to us, but they were the coldest "helloes" you ever saw. "If I'd known it was going to be as cold as this. I'd have worn my sweater," I told Westy. Even my own patrol didn't say anything to us, and they all looked kind of glum. I heard Will Dawson say something about our patrol being "in bad," but I didn't ...
— Roy Blakeley • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... sweater, Hasn't made no socks for me; Little brother, he can rustle For himself alone, you see! Maw is on the Help Committee, Paw is drillin' with th' Guard; Brother's soldierin'—and sister's Knittin' fast An' ...
— With the Colors - Songs of the American Service • Everard Jack Appleton

... six bits a week, with the two Talbot's goin' ter give me. I'm hanged ef I don't buy a sweater fer next winter, afore ...
— Mary Louise • Edith van Dyne (one of L. Frank Baum's pen names)


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