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Gillette

English translation: waistcoat

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:Gillette
Selected answer:waistcoat
Entered by: Bjørnar Magnussen

07:39 Oct 6, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Marketing - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
English term or phrase: Gillette
"Gillettes provide urban chic appeal, night or day."

Kan anyone explain what kind of garment this is?
Bjørnar Magnussen
Local time: 04:46
waistcoat
Explanation:
My partner's very fond of them!
Selected response from:

Marie-Hélène Hayles
Local time: 04:46
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone that contributed.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +7waistcoat
Marie-Hélène Hayles
2 +2most likely from "gilet"
Jonathan MacKerron


Discussion entries: 5





  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
gillette
waistcoat


Explanation:
My partner's very fond of them!

Marie-Hélène Hayles
Local time: 04:46
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone that contributed.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell: but is it really spelt like that, sometimes, rather than"gilet"?\\Good, just checking in case! ;-)
10 mins
  -> not as far as I know! I've only ever seen or heard it as "gilet".
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: neither OED nor Websters III reconizes "gillette"??; although this may indeed be a new word created by fashion designers??
31 mins
  -> yes, as I've already said in my response to Rachel - I was responding after the exchange between CMJ and the asker.//thanks for changing your comment - I think it's just a typo though!
agree  William [Bill] Gray: See my note to asker, with a couple of links to the other spelling.
58 mins
agree  David Knowles
1 hr
agree  silvia b (X)
2 hrs
agree  Alison Jenner
4 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
2 days 1 hr
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
gillette
most likely from "gilet"


Explanation:
vest = US, waistcoat = UK

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rafal Korycinski: Exactly! (wrong spelling)
2 hrs
agree  Will Matter
9 hrs
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