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hug-me-tight
[ huhg-mee-tahyt ]
noun
- a woman's short, warm, close-fitting jacket, usually knitted or crocheted and often sleeveless.
hug-me-tight
noun
- a woman's knitted jacket
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hug-me-tight1
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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The fade-out scene, the one that had Dad actually wringing out his handkerchief, showed the old woman, shivering in a worn and inadequate hug-me-tight, limping slowly up the hill to the poor house.
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To-day when I was sitting up to eat breakfast, with my hair braided in two tails and a pink and white hug-me-tight over my nightie, Dinky-Dunk came in and sat by the bed.
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I seed 'em takin' a ride in his new hug-me-tight buggy yesterday.
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"But calm yourself, sir; a hug-me-tight is merely a kind of sweater built on the lines of a vest."
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