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  • noun Plural form of overshirt.

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Examples

  • He was buried with his weapons, his armor, wealth in the form of gold coins and gold and garnet fittings, silver vessels and silver-mounted drinking horns and cups, symbols of power and authority, and clothes, piled in heaps, ranging from fine linen overshirts to shaggy woolen cloaks and caps trimmed with fur.

    The Staffordshire Hoard Appeal 2010

  • As my head turned left, my mind anticipated a bearded hippie with his pony-tailed partner wearing un-dyed hemp overshirts in an old VW van.

    A Rant on Democrats Selling Out 2008

  • Engine on fire: Only happened to me once – pay attention to the air hostesses who actually have upgraded uniform with orange overshirts and orange hats for this level of emergency.

    “Talk to the hand!” « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006

  • “They have for sale a few canned fruits, baking powder, oysters, and some ‘49’ butter, also one jumper, two overshirts, and a pair of overalls, by selling which they seem to expect to get rich, judging from the prices that they ask for them.”

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • Of the four they confronted physically and verbally, two were clad in suits and the popular net overshirts.

    Cachalot Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1980

  • = A heavy all wool variety commonly dyed indigo blue, commonly used in the manufacture of overshirts for out-door laborers, firemen, sailors, and miners.

    Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades

  • The shrouds of the women are red and black plaid; the men wear overshirts of coarse white; material that reach to their knees, pointed shoes that turn up at the toes, white Turkish trousers, and the regulation Afghan turban.

    Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894

  • Her newness came in batik tropical-island prints and colours including papaya, plus a smattering of relaxed safari-military overshirts and mini dresses that would be tunics on anyone but a skinny model.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Tracy Nesdoly 2010

  • Instead of my guest, an MP well-known for his forceful criticism of Islamism, there appeared a gaggle of ­Islamists, dressed in salwar kameez-style overshirts and trousers, with designer skullcaps and some bushy black beards to match.

    Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Classic Flannel shirts, quilted overshirts, security shirts and more bring together a heavily workwear inspired look.

    SLAMXHYPE 2009

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