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sweater(dictionary)
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sweater (iou)



sweater noun. LME.
[from SWEAT verb + -ER1.]
A person who sweats; spec. a person who employs workers at low wages under poor conditions. LME.
A medicine that induces sweating; a diaphoretic. rare. L17.
a. In pl. Clothes worn during exercise by a person or a horse in order to induce profuse sweating. E-M19.
b. Orig., a woollen vest or jersey worn during exercise in order to help weight loss, later also worn before or after exercise for warmth. Now chiefly, any jersey or pullover, esp. a heavy woollen one, worn for warmth as an informal garment. L19.
A laborious task or occupation. arch. colloq. M19.
Comb.: sweater girl N. Amer. colloq. a young woman who wears tight-fitting sweaters; sweater-shirt (a) US a knitted garment that may be worn as a sweater or as a shirt; (b) = sweatshirt s.v. SWEAT noun.
sweatered adjective wearing a sweater E20.