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Sweater   /swˈɛtər/   Listen
Sweater

noun
1.
A crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body.  Synonym: jumper.
2.
A person who perspires.  Synonym: perspirer.



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"Sweater" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the discovery of the letter's outline under his sweater, and he extracted it by way of the neck of that ...
— A Tar-Heel Baron • Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton

... meetin' that afternoon, where a lot of the ladies was swappin' tales of woe about their kitchen expense accounts. Some of 'em had been keepin' track of prices in the city markets and was able to shoot the deadly parallel at Belcher. Anyway, they ditched the sweater-knittin' and bandage-rollin' for the time bein', and proceeded to organize the Woman's Economic League ...
— The House of Torchy • Sewell Ford

... of sticking to an idea, and he began to persuade himself that Saserkopee was a haven of refuge. Whenever they seemed to be having a peaceful discussion of Lulu Hartwig's canary-yellow sweater, they were hearing her voice, wondering if they could tolerate its twangy comments the ...
— The Innocents - A Story for Lovers • Sinclair Lewis

... out of her sweater. But Eleanor caught at her skirts from behind. "Sit down, Phil. Here comes that wretched Madge, swimming toward us from over there. ...
— Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid • Amy D. V. Chalmers

... warmed to his work he stopped to draw off the heavy sweater that he wore over his woollen shirt, and made as if to throw it in the bow of the dory. "But no," he said, "it will get wet there. You put it on you, Simon, and keep it dry for me." He was a full size bigger than me in every way, and I put it on, over my cardigan jacket and under my oil jacket, and ...
— The Trawler • James Brendan Connolly


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