Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun British a loose protective smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
boiler suit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
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Examples
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There's no escaping the fundamentally ascetic nature of calorie-controlled dieting; if you really care so little for your emotional wellbeing then surely the time-honoured method of ingesting 400 laxatives and running on the spot in a boilersuit is the way to go.
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The gunman entered the bank wearing a white boilersuit and dust mask, shouting "Everyone get down on the floor", Beedell said.
Police surround bank after armed man sparks hostage fears 2010
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Like my new associate in the boilersuit and wrestling mask, Dominguez and Uresti were both born in California, and neither have left the country before.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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He stood perhaps a few inches shorter than me, and while he was clearly in fighting trim—the moaning hoodlum on the pavement a testament to the strength of his blows—the ill-fitting boilersuit made him look somewhat paunchy.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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He was lurking in an alleyway, his gray boilersuit and black gloves and boots rendering him almost invisible in the shadows, but the stark white skull sewn onto his mask shone in the dim light like the full moon.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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Like my new associate in the boilersuit and wrestling mask, Dominguez and Uresti were both born in California, and neither have left the country before.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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He was lurking in an alleyway, his gray boilersuit and black gloves and boots rendering him almost invisible in the shadows, but the stark white skull sewn onto his mask shone in the dim light like the full moon.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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Caitlin is one cool “crazy ninja bitch with a boilersuit fetish”.
Cheeseburger Gothic » First Discussion thread for After America. 2010
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He stood perhaps a few inches shorter than me, and while he was clearly in fighting trim—the moaning hoodlum on the pavement a testament to the strength of his blows—the ill-fitting boilersuit made him look somewhat paunchy.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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I managed to get half of my boilersuit over my head.
icLiverpool 2010
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