guernsey
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See also: Guernsey
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Guernsey.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɝnzi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɜːnzi/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: guern‧sey
Noun
guernsey (plural guernseys)
- A seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 33:
- At work I wore a guernsey, or a singlet if it was too hot in the greenhouses; but when I sat on the galley wall of a Sunday evening watching the girls pass, I was wearing my best.
- (Australia, Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players.
- (Australia, slang, as in "get a guernsey") [receive] praise, admiration, recognition, credit, etc
Descendants
Translations
woollen sweater
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