gansey

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A guernsey or gansey is a seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey, which originated from the Channel Island of the same name.

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  • ; Wiped his fingers on his diamond-pattern gansey, mended in the elbows and spotted with white nobs of glue and paper specks Omaloor? —  The Shipping News
  • No need for long underwear and a woolly gansey but maybe a windbreaker/light fleese over the t-shirt at some times, other times quite warm. —  Army Rumour Service
  • Summer Spice short sleeve gansey I knit with Coto Canapone was 22 st / 4 inches on #4s. —  Stitches of Violet
  • A guernsey or gansey is a seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey, which originated from the Channel Island of the same name. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
 

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