Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soft, plain-knitted fabric used for clothing.
- noun A shirt worn by an athlete, often displaying the name of the player, team, or sponsor.
- noun A close-fitting knitted pullover shirt, jacket, or sweater.
- noun Any of a breed of fawn-colored dairy cattle developed on the island of Jersey and producing milk that is rich in butterfat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Fine woolen yarn; fine or select wool, separated from the inferior quality by combing.
- noun A close-fitting upper garment, extending to the hips, made of elastic woolen or silk material, and worn with some variation of form by both men and women.
- Made of fine woolen yarn or pure wool.
- noun [capitalized] A celebrated breed of dairy cattle which originated in the island of Jersey, in the English channel, and is noted for the yield of milk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool.
- noun A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in general, a closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic fabric (as stockinet).
- noun One of a breed of cattle in the Island of Jersey. Jerseys are noted for the richness of their milk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
garment knitted fromwool , worn over the upper body. - noun A
shirt worn by a member of anathletic team , usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype. - noun A type of fabric
knit
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
- noun a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric
- noun the largest of the Channel Islands
- noun a close-fitting pullover shirt
- noun a breed of diary cattle developed on the island of Jersey
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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LA Galaxy Home 07 / 08 Jersey w / Beckham 23 S$45 nufcrulz puma uses two type of collars, so the overlapping one will be present in all jerseys with that type of collar. anyway will check for you once i get the sporting home ... well for Italy, Poland home, yes it overlaps, but for Spurs i think it doesnt. no wonder i am getting the big wider colar type of jerseys from puma, like the Poland away kind of jersey.
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To combat the fact that people were losing interest in jersey cards, card companies started to limit the print run of some cards.
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Schoonover, i'm in jersey too but my zone doesn't open until tommorrow.
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Even though his jersey is selling like hotcakes there is still a segment of the sports world that will not let him move on from his dog-fighting days.
Dexter Rogers: Ben Roethlisberger Is Back: Will the Media Finally Release Him From the Witness Protection Program? Dexter Rogers 2010
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Schoonover, i'm in jersey too but my zone doesn't open until tommorrow.
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Card companies had hit the ultimate in jersey cards.
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Just got word Canton came and picked up my jersey from the Chicago Game ... not sure what to even say to that ... but #BeatDetroit-HTTRless than a minute ago via webDeAngelo Hall
DeAngelo Hall says jersey from historic performance is headed to Canton Cindy Boren 2010
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Contador, a three-time winner of the coveted yellow jersey, is currently provisionally suspended after testing positive for trace amounts of the banned substance clenbuterol.
Tour de France organizers unveil climb-heavy 2011 route 2010
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The poem can utilize any poetic form (haiku, rhyming couplets, limerick, free verse, etc.) but it cannot exceed six lines (LeBron's jersey is #6).
John Lundberg: Enduring the LeBron James Poetry Contest John Lundberg 2010
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The poem can utilize any poetic form (haiku, rhyming couplets, limerick, free verse, etc.) but it cannot exceed six lines (LeBron's jersey is #6).
John Lundberg: Enduring the LeBron James Poetry Contest John Lundberg 2010
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