ski mask

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noun

a one-piece pullover covering for the head and face, generally of knitted material with holes for the eyes, the mouth, and sometimes the nose, originally worn by skiers and used to protect the face against cold and wind.

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Origin of ski mask

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby ski mask

skill-less, skill set, skilly, Skil Saw, skim, ski mask, skimble-scamble, skimboard, skimmed milk, skimmer, skimmerton

How to use ski mask in a sentence

Police said they found an assault weapon in a stairwell and a second gun wrapped in a ski mask and hidden under an ice machine in a fifth-floor hallway.
Shootout in downtown D.C. hotel room leaves one man dead|Peter Hermann|July 12, 2021|Washington Post
He we was reported conscious at the scene, and police said they were looking for a gold sedan with two men wearing ski masks.
Three men killed, several wounded in spate of shootings in District|Peter Hermann, Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff|June 30, 2021|Washington Post
When William Palmer was 17, he put on a ski mask and tried to rob a man — a crime that landed him in prison for three decades.
The American parole system is an endless trap — and a moral outrage|Jennifer Miller|May 24, 2021|Washington Post
He bought a ski mask and, after a day of smoking marijuana and playing Monopoly with a friend, took an unloaded pistol to a nearby apartment complex.
The American parole system is an endless trap — and a moral outrage|Jennifer Miller|May 24, 2021|Washington Post

The police report said one of the suspects, thought to have been holding the handgun, was wearing an olive jacket, blue jeans and a ski mask, while another was wearing a multicolored jacket with blue sweatpants and red slides.
Ex-NFL player says he was shot while pumping air into tires at gas station|Des Bieler|December 10, 2020|Washington Post
Over his thinning dark hair and fleshy cheeks, he pulls a brown ski mask.
The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town|E. Jean Carroll|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And Putin might meet a certain special someone, without insignia and wearing a ski mask, with whom to share his hopes and dreams.
PJ O’Rourke on Putin’s Crimea for Help|P. J. O’Rourke|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Once I'm deemed harmless, a filthy white Kia sedan pulls up, an African-American man wearing a ski mask behind the wheel.
Meet the Superhero Vigilantes|Winston Ross|December 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST