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springwear en · NOUN

Etymology

From spring + -wear.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Clothing to be worn in spring.
    • Winter coats put to rest, into springwear, which I like best. 1989, Jenny Birtell, “Onward Spring!”, in Morning Star, volume 6, Eldridge, Iowa: North Scott High School, page 2:
    • Wearing the latest Dolce & Gabbana springwear, Lexie looked every bit the fashion guru that she was. 2004, Yahrah St. John, One Magic Moment, Arabesque, →ISBN, page 196:
    • By the end of 1893, the production of heavy woolens had fallen off about 60 percent and springwear orders were about 30 percent of normal. 1970, Charles Hoffmann, The Depression of the Nineties: An Economic History (Contributions in Economics and Economic History; number 2), Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 66:
    • In March 2005, Marks & Spencer decided to take on its high street rivals by slashing the price of key items in its springwear collection. 2005, Rob Dransfield, Dave Needham, Applied Business: AS Level for OCR, Heinemann, →ISBN, page 147:
    • Pam Edwards sports the latest in springwear for the Fashion Show. 1988, Phase, page 25:
    • In a montage of celebrity photos, the Star includes an extremely unflattering picture with the snide caption: “Fresh from his brilliant discourse at the American Music Awards, Guns ’n’ Roses guitarist Slash prepares for his keynote speech at the annual men’s springwear collection debut in Paris” (p. 14). 1992, S. Elizabeth Bird, For Enquiring Minds: A Cultural Study of Supermarket Tabloids, Knoxville, Tenn.: The University of Tennessee Press, →ISBN, page 70:
    • Designer Ginger Moon models her latest line of formal springwear. 1997, Goldbug, volume 80, Amherst, Mass.: Amherst-Pelham Regional High School, page 127:
    • Vibrant springwear on display at Zinoviev Fashion Mart off Mayakovsky Square. 1988, Jack Womack, Terraplane, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 27:
    • […] spokesmen for the garment district claimed that because the strike hit them in the middle of the springwear season, fearful buyers had switched to out-of-state suppliers. 1980, Charles R[ichard] Morris, The Cost of Good Intentions: New York City and the Liberal Experiment, 1960–1975, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 86:
    • Walking down the runway is Janice Kirbach modelling the latest in springwear. 1979, Gyrfalcon, volume 29, Quincy, Ill.: Quincy College, page 29: