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singlet: synonyms: tricot, wifebeater ???

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Definition:

a one-piece, tight-fitting, colored uniform, usually made of spandex/lycra, or nylon, used in amateur wrestling.
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A vest; a sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt.

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The girl was wearing a blue-green singlet and a mask with a bird's beak on it; she was practicing with a hula hoop.

John Irving. Avenue of Mysteries, p.211 (2015)

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Winston wrenched his body out of bed—naked, for a member of the Outer Party received only three thousand clothing coupons annually, and a suit of pyjamas was six hundred—and seized a dingy singlet and a pair of shorts that were lying across a chair.

George Orwell. 1984 (1949)

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"'Ere goes," said Allnutt, pulling off his singlet and his trousers.

Cecil Scott Forester. The African Queen, p.86 (1935)