guernsey
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Guernsey.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
guernsey (plural guernseys)
- A seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 33:
- At work I wore a guernsey, or a singlet if it was too hot in the greenhouses; but when I sat on the galley wall of a Sunday evening watching the girls pass, I was wearing my best.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 33:
Translations [edit]
woollen sweater
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