body warmer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Brunton, in the same vein, recommends a body warmer or gilet, “because they’re comfortable, you don’t feel too enclosed. We get them from Dickies and places like that”.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 30, 2020
He was wearing a dark coloured body warmer which he left behind at the scene of the attack along with a grey hat.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2018
Ready-made bug-out bags containing staples like water purification tablets, a 20-hour body warmer and a multifunction shovel are available on Amazon for under than $200.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2017
“I’ve been wearing the same body warmer, which matches his, for a few days.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2015
Hence clothes of silk keep the body warmer than clothes of linen of equal thickness, by confining the heat upon the body.
From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus
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