Cosby sweater
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From the sweaters worn by the character Cliff Huxtable, played by Bill Cosby, on the American sitcom The Cosby Show (1984-1992).
Noun
[edit]Cosby sweater (plural Cosby sweaters)
- An oversized sweater featuring a loud, kitschy pattern.
- 2006, Joe Kurmaskie, Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Sized Posse Take on America[1], Breakaway Books, published 2011, →ISBN:
- I taste blood in my mouth while a Japanese gentleman in plastic snowshoes and a colorful Cosby sweater snaps photos of a landscape leveled by forest fires a decade ago.