Meaning of twinset | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A combination of a cardigan and a jumper, usually knitted in wool or cashmere.
2. A pair of cars or locomotives that are permanently coupled and treated as a single unit.
3. A pair of cylinders containing air for the diver to breathe.

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Examples

“She was dressed to receive⟳, as her mother would have⟳ said, and she had been standing at the window in her blue twinset for an hour, waiting for the car, waiting for the doorbell, waiting for the soft turn⟳ of her husband's key in the latch.”

“I need⟳ these people, the Sergeant, and Mr. Tighe the shopman in the village, even Miss⟳ Broaders, she of the pink twinsets and tight mouth, who presides over the post⟳ office.”

“She had been out all day campaigning and looked stiffly immaculate as ever in a royal blue twinset — except for her nose, which was twitching uncontrollably in disgust.”

“Shand's father had missed the whole thing — getting fou in the pub, more than likely—but his mum had been there, in her best green twinset, her court shoes polished to a shine⟳ as high as Shand's.”

“Tim and Rob⟳ both went into the water each armed with a twinset of air and a sling-tank of 50 per cent oxygen for use⟳ in decompression.”

“However, despite its strength, some say⟳ that carrying large twinsets by the manifold should not be recommended.”

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