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sweater girl

sweater girl noun: a young woman wearing a tight sweater that emphasizes the bustline: a popular Hollywood fashion of the 1940s and 1950s.

Noun

sweater girl (plural sweater girls)

  1. A young woman wearing a tight sweater that emphasizes the bustline: a popular Hollywood fashion of the 1940s and 1950s.
    • The proper clothes for a war worker to wear are outlined in the chapter on “Grooming for Your Part,” and Dr. [Louise M.] Snyder writes: Slacks, jumperalls and loose-fitting blouse, or coveralls must be worn to make you look like a productionette, not a sweater girl; […]1943 November 12, Yolande Gwin, “‘You’re a War Worker Now!’ Is Title of New Etiquette Book”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume LXXVI, number 151, Atlanta, Ga., →OCLC, page 17, column 4

Forms of sweater girl

pluralsweater girls

Questions about sweater girl

What does sweater girl mean?
Sweater girl means a young woman wearing a tight sweater that emphasizes the bustline: a popular Hollywood fashion of the 1940s and 1950s.
What part of speech is sweater girl?
Sweater girl is a noun.
What is the plural of sweater girl?
The plural of sweater girl is sweater girls.

Words near sweater girl in the dictionary

  1. sweaten
  2. sweater
  3. sweater curse
  4. sweater dress
  5. sweater dresses
  6. sweater girl
  7. sweater girls
  8. sweater meat
  9. sweater puppies
  10. sweater up
  11. sweater vest

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