sweater

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after…

   A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.

2. 2

   A similar garment worn for warmth.

   • We could slip away / Wouldn't that be better? / Me with nothing to say / And you in your autumn sweater
3. 3

   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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   1. 4

      One who or that which causes to sweat.

   2. 5

      A diaphoretic remedy.

   3. 6

      An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.

      • 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.
   4. 7

      One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.

   5. 8

      A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.

      • 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, […]
   6. 9

      To dress in a sweater.

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