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body warmer

British  

noun

  1. a sleeveless type of jerkin, usually quilted, worn as an outer garment for extra warmth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"It's been horrendous. I've had to wear gloves indoors, I've had to wear a body warmer and it's been miserable, in fact, quite depressing," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024

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

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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