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boiler suit

or boiler·suit

noun

, Chiefly British.


boiler suit

noun

  1. a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
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Word History and Origins

Origin of boiler suit1

First recorded in 1925–30

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