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windcheater

[wind-chee-ter]

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a lightweight jacket for sports or other outdoor wear.



windcheater

/ ˈɪԻˌʃːə /

noun

  1. US name (trademark): Windbreaker.Also called: windjammer.Austral name (trademark): Windcheater.a warm jacket, usually with a close-fitting knitted neck, cuffs, and waistband

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of windcheater1

First recorded in 1945–50; wind 1 + cheater
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Example Sentences

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Eight or nine other people were scattered around the summit, including one youngish, rather pudgy man on his own in a very new and expensive-looking windcheater.

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Mr Hussainkhil had no rudder, compass or food when he was saved, and suffered from hypothermia, wearing only a thin windcheater and rainproof trousers.

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He was wearing a khaki robe, a black Berghaus windcheater and navy Converse trainers.

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John Hodgson from Sheffield, who emerged with his wife, Joan, from the shop clutching a bag containing a windcheater, a T-shirt and some pin badges, was under no illusions about the merchandising and the prices.

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Bill, tightening a drawstring on his windcheater hood, looked over.

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