jersey

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  1. noun A soft, plain-knitted fabric used for clothing.
  2. noun A garment made of this fabric.
  3. noun A close-fitting knitted pullover shirt, jacket, or sweater.
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  • And in giant numerals on the jersey was the number 42. —  FSF,September2005
  • His 2009 Team Canada jersey is being auctioned off on eBay. —  CTV News RSS Feed
  • Then again, under the right circumstances a jersey might be the perfect attire. —  SPORTSbyBROOKS
  • The point is, it doesn't really matter - he was up against Michael Rogers and Adam Hansen, both from Columbia, the jersey was as good as theirs 'when they linked up. —  PezCyclingNews.com
  • The name on the back of the jersey is the same, and when he led a fastbreak and slipped a no-look pass to a teammate for an open look, you could be excused for the flashback. —  The Bracket
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  1. After Jersey .

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  1. Formerly also jarsey, jarsy, jarzie; so called from Jersey, formerly also Jarsey (from French Jersey), one of the Channel Islands, from Latin Cæsarea, a name of various places, applied in later times to the island, from Cæsar, Cæsar; see Cæsar. The province, now the State, of New Jersey (New Latin Nova Cæsarea) was so named in 1664, in the grant to the proprietors, Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, after the island of Jersey, which Sir George Carteret had defended against the Long Parliament.
 

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