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A collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
Answer for the clue "A collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body ", 7 letters:
singlet
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A fat man in a white singlet barged in, then barged out again. ▪ I put on a singlet and a pair of nylon running shorts. ▪ Self-destructive Melissa, that kooky chick who sometimes wore braces over a singlet to hold up her baggy ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body [syn: vest , undershirt ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context UK Australian Irish Nigeria New Zealand English) A vest; a sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt. 2 (context physics English) A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak. 3 (context ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"unlined woolen garment," c.1746, from single (adj.) in clothing sense of "unlined, of one thickness" (late 14c.) + -et , apparently in imitation of doublet .
Usage examples of singlet.
He was wearing a large pair of white shorts, a white singlet and white cotton gloves.
His arm was bare because, in his work with the ovens, Grubb favored a singlet over the coveralls most of the crew wore.
When she had it, she pulled on a hasty singlet and kicked around the B-ring to the bridgeway.
Twenty-four was wearing a singlet and shorts against the heat and humidity of the kitchen.
He saw the girl cross her arms over her head and pull that singlet off.
I set my alarm clock half an hour earlier than usual, and the following morning I ventured out in my new singlet, shorts and shoes.
Bloomsbury by eight-thirty, so I got up at half past six, pulled on my shorts and singlet, and put a sweatshirt over the top.
The screenwriter loved that moment after the Skywalk when the boy is descending on the dental trapeze, spinning in the spotlight as the gleaming sequins on his singlet throw back the light.
Growing up under the Clerics in New Singapore, she had needed some time to get used to the casual attitudes about dress among miners and finally to adopt the practical, skin-tight singlet most of them wore.
Terang drifted near her, radiating his smile, her singlet in his hand.
She realized she was simply holding her singlet, blushed deeply, and struggled into it.
He not only looked good, he had all the gear to show it off: black cutaway singlet, dark-grey exercise shorts with purple stripes and high vents at the sides, Reeboks that must have set him back a hundred and forty pounds.
Daddy, singlet and shorts under the dressing-gown flapping at his calves, go back into her bedroom.
Susie had brought in some of his gear, and he wore a singlet, track-suit bottoms, and his faithful old Pumas.
Only Chekov knew about the wire threaded down the left sleeve of his singlet, or about the wire loop near his ring finger that he could tug with almost no effort at all.