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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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Her partner Howard Mather said she had left the hospital grounds during a fire alarm wearing just a body warmer, nightdress and slippers.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2023

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

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 Erasmus Darwin

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