sweater

sweater englannista suomeksi

1. villapaita, pusero, villapusero

2. hikoilija

0. Substantiivi

1. villapaita

2. hikoilija

2. Verbi

sweater englanniksi

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

(syn)

2. A similar garment worn for warmth.

3. (quote-song)

4. (senseid) One who sweats (produces sweat).

5. (quote-book)

6. One who or that which causes to sweat.

7. {{quote-text|en|year=1906|author=Chesterton|title=Charles Dickens|section=Dickens (Chesterton)/III|chapter 3

8. A diaphoretic remedy.

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

(cot)

10. 1894, New York (State) Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration, ''Annual Report'' (volumes 7-8, page 158)

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.

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

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

13. William Lecky, quoted in 1965, Gilbert Geis, ''Juvenile Gangs'' (page 6)

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, (..)

14. To dress in a sweater.