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The one sheet of fabric that admits laundry is a form of defeat.
means A single loose-fitting garment that zips or buttons over your whole body, worn to shield clothes from paint, grease, or mess.
from Straightforward compound logic: something that 'covers all' of you, trunk and limbs together, in one piece. English loves these literal-minded workwear names — the word shows up in the early 1900s as overalls and boilersuits were being standardized for factory and farm labor, no myth required, just a garment doing exactly what its name says.
- origin
- worn by mechanics and prisoners, democratically unflattering
- design logic
- zero gaps because dirt respects no boundaries
- bingo twist
- also means filling every single number on the card