[PW] Jeans and Pockets

[Askapart]

Still think it's not a current term. I'd be interested to know what period the fiction you were reading was set in. If it's contemporary, I'm happy to be wrong, but the "shorts and singlet" outfit description is something I associate with old public-school stories, or possibly pre-WW2 detective fiction. (And therefore very appropriate for your 1930s boxer!).
   
  Bridget

Robert <robert.verde at gmail.com> wrote:
  >From reading a lot of British fiction, I always thought singlet was
equivalent to the US tank--top, as the usage was normally referring to
some college student, out for a run in shorts and singlet.

This link (Australian) demonstrates what I mean.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-HTTP%253A%252F%252FWWW.PROV.VIC.GOV.AU%252FIMAGES%252F12903%252F12903-P00001-000219-100.ASP

Regards,

Robert Verde


On 4/16/07, Askapart wrote:
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> Kay Lancaster wrote:
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> > BTW, what's the difference between a UK vest and a UK singlet?
>
> Probably none, except that I've never heard anyone here in the UK use the word 'singlet'. I think it's going out of currency.
>
> On the pocket question, my husband tends to keep his door key in the coin pocket. Says it's safer there because it has sharp edges and he doesn't want it wearing a hole in the lining of the other pocket. Fencing and horse-riding aren't hobbies of his, so he's probably safe.
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> Bridget
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