Clothing
Australians use many unique terms to relate to items of clothing. Some of these terms are regional.
What Americans call a sweater is often referred to as a "jumper", a Sleeveless T-shirt is called a "singlet" and sunglasses are commonly shortened to "sunnies". The footwear known as "flip-flops" in the US are called "thongs" in Australia.
Read more about this topic: Australian English Vocabulary
Famous quotes containing the word clothing:
“I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He did not mean all our time should be devoted to feeding and clothing the body.”
—Lucy Stone (1818–1893)
“You can’t be what you don’t see. I didn’t think about being a doctor. I didn’t even think about being a clerk in a store—I’d never seen a black clerk in a clothing store.”
—Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933)
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—Frank Zappa (1940–1994)