"Sweater-vest"

[Amy West]

On 3/28/12 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> Date:    Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:41:35 -0400
> From:    Wilson Gray<hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: "Sweater-vest"
>
> "Sweater-vest"?!
>
> WTF is that?! Don't you mean,
>
> "Sleeveless sweater"?

Not in my dialect. Sweater vest it is. And that tells me something
particular: it's usually v-neck and can be buttoned or buttonless.

And regarding historical fashion/costume, I recently wore a "sleeved
waistcoat," not a coat. Just to make you crazy.

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---Amy West

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