Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In hat-manuf., a cap of silk or felted fur drawn over a hat-body to form the napping; also, a hat so made.
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Examples
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Dr. Katzman wore only khakis and penny-loafers: his wavy black locks of hair hanging down on a roll-neck navy-blue cotton pull-over sweater; beneath a rumpled navy sport-coat.
Mick Stingley: Divorces and Breakups Mick Stingley 2011
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Like any standard car-based road trip, you have to perform a potty pull-over.
DAY 16 – Lessons Learned on the 2009 Country Roads Trip 2009
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Over those a pair of half-finger ragg wool gloves with the pull-over mitten covers.
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Dr. Katzman wore only khakis and penny-loafers: his wavy black locks of hair hanging down on a roll-neck navy-blue cotton pull-over sweater; beneath a rumpled navy sport-coat.
Mick Stingley: Divorces and Breakups Mick Stingley 2011
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Wears glasses, a small ear ring, an unzipped black hooded sweatshirt over an olive green fleece pull-over and faded black jeans with long white patches of dried paint or plaster or possibly glue running from his knees to his cuffs.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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Over those a pair of half-finger ragg wool gloves with the pull-over mitten covers.
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A few additions (none of which are as bad as poo-eating): The pull-over scene from “Bad Lieutenant,” the dead baby in the crib from “Trainspotting,” the realization of what exactly Dae-su Oh has done in “Oldboy,” the very, very long gang-rape scene from “I Spit on Your Grave,” the rape scene that just about brings “Showgirls” to a dead stand still and Keanu Reeves doing anything in “Dracula.”
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By easy, I mean basic things like jumpers, pull on skirts and pull-over dresses for girls.
The Art of Frank Benson, from Victoria Magazine July 1992 2009
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He was wearing a red and black plaid pull-over jacket with big pockets in front, a yellow T-shirt, and hiking boots.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Wears glasses, a small ear ring, an unzipped black hooded sweatshirt over an olive green fleece pull-over and faded black jeans with long white patches of dried paint or plaster or possibly glue running from his knees to his cuffs.
Pride of craft 2009
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