guernsey
see also: Guernsey
Pronunciation Noun
Guernsey
Pronunciation Proper noun
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see also: Guernsey
Pronunciation Noun
guernsey (plural guernseys)
- A seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 33:
- At work I wore a guernsey, or a singlet if it was too hot in the greenhouses; but when I sat on the galley wall of a Sunday evening watching the girls pass, I was wearing my best.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 33:
- (Australia, Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players.
- (Australia) (slang: as in "get a guernsey") [receive] praise, admiration, recognition, credit, etc
Guernsey
Pronunciation Proper noun
- the second-largest of the Channel Islands
- An unincorporated community in California
- A city in Iowa
- A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada
- A town in Wyoming
- French: Guernesey
- German: Guernsey
- Italian: Guernsey, isola di Guernsey
- Portuguese: Guernsey
- Russian: Ге́рнси
- Spanish: Guernesey, isla de Guernesey
guernsey (plural guernseys)
- A cow of a breed of dairy cattle originally bred in Guernsey.
- A knitted fisherman’s sweater of a type made on the island.
- A long-sleeved shirt worn by sportsmen, especially in rugby codes (historically).
- (Australia) A team-liveried shirt; a jersey.
- (Australia) Selection or election to a position.
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