shell suit

noun

1. a lightweight tracksuit consisting of an inner cotton layer covered by a waterproof nylon layer

Example Sentences

Some audience members dressed for the occasion - including Jordan Taylor, from Sunderland - who donned a 1990s-style shell suit and a Fresh Prince of Bel-Air T-shirt.

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"Her in a shell suit in the nineties, with her hair half-up, half-down. Angry, smoking her Benson and Hedges, thinking that she's grown. I've actually learned to love her again."

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Whenever Jimmy was off his knob, it felt as though he'd been taken away from me, like a Stepford wife in a shell suit.

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“I’ve never worn a shell suit since,” adds Ian.

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“He wore a shell suit and trainers – I asked him to go back and change,” she says, laughing.

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