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- noun Plural form of
overshirt .
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Examples
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He was buried with his weapons, his armor, wealth in the form of gold coins and gold and garnet fittings, silver vessels and silver-mounted drinking horns and cups, symbols of power and authority, and clothes, piled in heaps, ranging from fine linen overshirts to shaggy woolen cloaks and caps trimmed with fur.
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As my head turned left, my mind anticipated a bearded hippie with his pony-tailed partner wearing un-dyed hemp overshirts in an old VW van.
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Engine on fire: Only happened to me once – pay attention to the air hostesses who actually have upgraded uniform with orange overshirts and orange hats for this level of emergency.
“Talk to the hand!” « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006
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“They have for sale a few canned fruits, baking powder, oysters, and some ‘49’ butter, also one jumper, two overshirts, and a pair of overalls, by selling which they seem to expect to get rich, judging from the prices that they ask for them.”
THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007
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Of the four they confronted physically and verbally, two were clad in suits and the popular net overshirts.
Cachalot Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1980
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= A heavy all wool variety commonly dyed indigo blue, commonly used in the manufacture of overshirts for out-door laborers, firemen, sailors, and miners.
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The shrouds of the women are red and black plaid; the men wear overshirts of coarse white; material that reach to their knees, pointed shoes that turn up at the toes, white Turkish trousers, and the regulation Afghan turban.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894
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Her newness came in batik tropical-island prints and colours including papaya, plus a smattering of relaxed safari-military overshirts and mini dresses that would be tunics on anyone but a skinny model.
Thestar.com - Home Page Tracy Nesdoly 2010
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Instead of my guest, an MP well-known for his forceful criticism of Islamism, there appeared a gaggle of Islamists, dressed in salwar kameez-style overshirts and trousers, with designer skullcaps and some bushy black beards to match.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010
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Classic Flannel shirts, quilted overshirts, security shirts and more bring together a heavily workwear inspired look.
SLAMXHYPE 2009
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