slipover
Americannoun
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of slipover
First recorded in 1915–20; noun, adj. use of verb phrase slip over
Example Sentences
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She wore a slipover jersey sweater and a tweed skirt, and her hair was brushed back like a boy's.
From Literature
The elves are wearing soft, slipover, pointed-toe covers, not shoes.
From Seattle Times
One was out of the road-safety palate – short shorts and a sports bra in one tangerine tone under a loose slipover dress in a slightly different shade.
From New York Times
He wore black dress trousers and an open-neck slipover shirt of a very fine, almost transparent, fabric heavily embroidered down the front.
From Project Gutenberg
Ruth had already noticed that she was dressed almost as she had been at their first meeting—a slipover apron that Ruth had given her being the only new garment.
From Project Gutenberg
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