undervest
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of undervest
Example Sentences
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What do they see in the chap with the undervest and the cycle clips?
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 13, 2015
Then she slipped a decoy over the back of her own head and picked up the empty pail and a cotton undervest of Neel’s.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
He stripped off his undervest and began to wash himself.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
It did not take long to gather my “things”: my hat and an undervest that was drying after a vain attempt to get it clean in the much-used basin water.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The dress of the mother during the lying-in consists of a merino undervest, with high neck and long sleeves, and a nightgown, which shall be open all the way down the front.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)
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