wife-beater
Britishnoun
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Depp had previously sued a British tabloid for calling him a "wife-beater," and he lost, even though British law favors plaintiffs in defamation cases to an outrageous degree.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2025
“We were putting a husky guy with a hairy back wearing a wife-beater in the lead role,” says Jeff Bewkes, a former Time Warner C.E.O.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2021
“Hey, hey!” bellowed a white man in a wife-beater and a buzz-cut, trying to get her attention.
From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2016
Inside the crowded bar, capacity 400, one recent night were four giant plastic palms, red banquettes, male servers in wife-beater undershirts and black suspenders, throbbing dance music and Roaring-Twenties-meets-South-Beach décor.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2011
He’s in a wife-beater undershirt and his tan pants are pinned under his stumps.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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