"Sweater vest / sweatervest"

[Wilson Gray]

I've just heard the above term (the speaker was wearing one:
"According to Esquire, the sweater vest is in, this season") used
for what I've known, till now, only as a "sleeveless sweater."

Is this another instance in which I need to get out more?

-Wilson

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