boiler suit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of boiler suit
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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At the gala on Monday, Bad Bunny — born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — wore a custom cream boiler suit and skirt with puff sleeves, designed by Riccardo Tisci for Burberry.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2022
She did three months training at college before she donned an ill-fitting navy-blue boiler suit and started work at the Fairfield shipyard in Govan, which was then owned by Harland and Wolff.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2018
“When you go in the engine room of a ship, you’re typically gonna put gloves on, you’re gonna put a boiler suit on, you’re gonna do that, because it’s dirty,” he said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 2018
Forget ripped jeans and crop tops, the new 2017 fashion is lead-lined trousers and a saucy little boiler suit, complete with gas mask.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2017
I was again dressed up in a borrowed boiler suit for the duties of tallyman.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
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