"Sweater vest / sweatervest"

[Wilson Gray]

arnold wrote:

"... a sweater vest is necessarily a pullover, a sleveless, v-necked
pullover."

I concur. Except that I use "sleeveless sweater" as the name of it.

-Wilson

On 4/27/06, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: "Sweater vest / sweatervest"
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> On Apr 27, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Barbara Need asked:
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> > Is a sweater vest necessarily buttoned? (That is, is it a sleeveless
> > cardigan, a sleeveless pullover, or both?
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> in my usage -- i won't speak for anyone else -- a sweater vest is
> necessarily a pullover.  a sleveless, v-necked pullover.  there are
> sleveless cardigans, but i call them cardigans.
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> arnold
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