From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishjerseyjer‧sey /ˈdʒɜːzi $ -ɜːr-/ noun 1 [countable]DCCDS a shirt made of soft material, worn by players of sports such as football and rugby2 [countable] British EnglishDCC a piece of clothing made of wool that covers the upper part of your body and your arms SYN sweater3 [uncountable]DCC a soft material made of cotton or wool
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jersey• Stella stood in the middle of the field talking to the only chap properly attired in shorts and jersey.• Bremner bought a signed Celtic jersey according to Ed.• a football jersey• It surely could have been the day Montana got his jersey number pulled from circulation.• Jackets over shirts over sweaters over jerseys.• He wore a navy fisherman's jersey and gumboots, and a heavy anorak, shiny and running with wet.• The jersey, which was extra small, had shoulder straps that were hanging on by surface tension and willpower.• Les Cusworth was never as comfortable in a white jersey as he was in Leicester's Christmas-tree outfit.JerseyJersey noun [countable] HBATAa light brown cow that gives high-quality milkExamples from the Corpus
Jersey• But there are no obviously qualified possibilities except New Jersey Gov.• Thus cases decided by the Supreme Court of New Jersey are reported in both publications.• Malcolm Forbes spent a couple of decades in the thickets of New Jersey politics and nearly became governor in the 1950s.• The New Jersey Nets were right behind with a 22 percent rise to $ 41. 62.• New Jersey Transit trains were all delayed 15 minutes.Origin jersey (1500-1600) Jersey, island in the English Channel