Reverse Dictionary: CLOTHES ITEMS

COAT, OVERCOAT, JACKET, CLOAK
 
NOUNS
  700 ► RAIL a cloak, dress, mangle, garment → obs.
  893 ► HACKLE a cloak, mantle, outer garment → obs.
1000 ► CAP a cloak with a hood; a cape → obs.
1000 ► PALL a cloak, a robe, a mantle; in early times, esp. of rich stuff → obs.
1375 ► JACK a jacket; a short and close-fitting upper garment of men and women → obs.
1425 ► KELL a long cloak or garment; a shroud → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
16C   ► TAIL the tail of a man’s coat, usually in the context of pickpocketing → UK criminals’ sl.
1565 ► TOGEMAN(S) → TOGMAN a cloak; a (loose) coat; rarely, a gown → cant
1567 ► CASTER a cloak → criminals’ cant obs.
1579 ► MANDILL → MANDLE a loose coat or overcoat  → obs.
M17  ► CALLE a cloak or gown → UK criminals’ sl.
1670 ► MISH-TOPPER an overcoat → Brit. sl.
1678 ► MANTEAU a cloak or gown → obs. exc. Hist.
L17   ► VINEGAR a cloak, an overcoat → UK criminals’ sl.
E18   ► BACK-CHEAT a cloak → criminals’ sl.
E18   ► TOGGY  a cloak; a coat → cant
1716 ► WRAP-RASCAL a coat → arch.
1742 ► TOGGY ► TUGGY a kind of overcoat for the arctic regions, often made of beaver skins → obs.
1753 ► UPPER SHELL an overcoat → UK criminals’ sl. obs.
1781 ► UPPER BENJAMIN an overcoat, a greatcoat → UK criminals’ sl.
1789 ► CADDOW a cloak; a quilt, a coverlet → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1796 ► WRAP-RASCAL a red cloak → obs.
1797 ► UPPER BEN an overcoat, a greatcoat → obs.
1798 ► LONG TOG a coat → thieves’ sl.
1798 ► TOG a coat; any outer garment → sl.
19C   ► ALL AFLOAT a coat → Brit. rhyming sl.
19C   ► ALL NATIONS a coat of many colours or covered in patches → sl.
19C   ► BUM-CURTAIN a jacket → sl.
E19   ► QUEER VINEGAR a worn-out woman’s cloak → UK criminals’ sl.
1807 ► MUCKLE-COAT a great-coat, a top-coat → Sc.
1808 ► LABBIE → LABEY → LABIE → LEBBIE the flap or skirt of a man’s coat or shirt → Sc.
1810 ► BENJAMIN a coat → sl.
1810 ► MONKEY a greatcoat → Royal Navy sl.
1810 ► WRAPPER an overcoat; a top coat → sl.
1810 ► BENJIE → BENJY a coat → sl.
1812 ► BEN an overcoat → criminals’ sl.
1812 ► BENNY an overcoat → criminals’ sl.
1812 ► UPPER TOG a greatcoat  → UK criminals’ sl. obs.
1821 ► UPPER TUIG a greatcoat  → UK criminals’ sl. obs..
1823 ► UPPER TOGGER a greatcoat → UK criminals’ sl. obs.
1823 ► UPPER TOGGERY a greatcoat and hat  → UK criminals’ sl. obs.
1835 ► BANG-UP an overcoat with a cape and high collar → Anglo-Irish & US
1835 ► SWALLOW-TAIL a dress coat → colloq.
1837 ► JEMMY a shooting coat; a great-coat 
1844 ► MANTY-COAT a lady’s loose coat → Sc.
M19  ► KAPELLO a coat → sl.
M19  ► MUCKING-TOGS a mackintosh → sl.
M19  ► PATENT COAT a coat with the pockets on the inside, making it harder to pick → sl.
M19  ► TAOC a coat → back-slang
1857 ► STEAM PACKET a jacket → UK rhyming sl.
1860 ► NOAH’S ARK a long, closely buttoned overcoat, fashionable → sl.
1866 ► YACK a jacket → Sc. obs.
1870 ► REEFER a short all-round jacket 
1882 ► GOSSAMER a lightweight raincoat → Amer. dial.
1889 ► BUM-FREEZER a short jacket (thought of as) not covering the buttocks → sl., chiefly Brit.
1889 ► BUM-PERISHER a short jacket (thought of as) not covering the buttocks → sl., chiefly Brit.
1889 ► BUM-SHAVER a short jacket (thought of as) not covering the buttocks → sl., chiefly Brit.
1889 ► BUM-STARVER a short jacket (thought of as) not covering the buttocks → sl., chiefly Brit.
1889 ► IMMENSIKOFF a fur-lined overcoat → sl.
1891 ► ARSE-HOLE-PERISHER a short jacket → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► BUM-COOLER a short jacket → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► CAPELLA a coat → theatrical usage (Bk.)
1891 ► CLAW-HAMMER a dress coat → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► COVER-ME-DECENTLY a coat → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► JOSEPH a coat → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► M.B. COAT a coat → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► MONKEY-JACKET a coat → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► PANUPETASTON a coat → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► PYGOSTOLE a coat → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► RELIEVER a coat → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► ROCK-A-LOW a coat → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► SHAVER a short jacket → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► STEEL-PEN a dress coat → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► ULSTER a coat → sl. (Bk.)
1894 ► LAMBY → LAMMY a heavy woollen overcoat → US nautical usage
1895 ► BLICKEY a short coat or jacket → Amer. dial.
1896 ► I’M AFLOAT a coat → rhyming sl. (Bk.)
1896 ► ISLE-OF-FLING a coat → sl. (Bk.)
1896 ► JARVEL a jacket → sl. (Bk.)
L19   ► FANTAIL BANGER a morning coat → Aust. sl.
L19   ► OILER an oilskin or oilcloth coat and/or trousers → sl., orig. US
L19   ► RABBIT a coat made of, or lined with, rabbit fur → sl.
L19   ► SADDLE an overcoat → UK tramps’ sl.
L19   ► TAILS a formal tailcoat → sl.
20C   ► SPOON AND GRAVY a dinner jacket → sl.
1901 ► MAC → MACK a mackintosh; hence, any waterproof outer coat → UK sl.
1903 ► FISH a raincoat, esp. an oilskin → Amer. dial.
1910 ► RAG-HAPPER an overcoat → Sc., jocular usage
1911 ► TOG AND KICKS a coat and breeches → sl.
1914 ► EBIT a coat → Sc.
1918 ► HORSE BLANKET a heavy overcoat → US sl., esp. military usage
1924 ► BINNY a man’s overcoat → Amer. dial.
1925 ► BLANKET an overcoat → Amer. tramps’ sl.
1928 ► IVORY FLOAT a coat → US rhyming sl.
1930 ► RACKET JACKET the jacket of a  ‘zoot suit’ → African-American sl.
1932 ► QUAKER OAT(S) a coat → UK rhyming sl.
1937 ► PUSSY a fur coat → criminals’ sl.
1940 ► NANNY (GOAT) a coat → rhyming sl.
1940 ► SATCH a jacket → African-American sl.
1950 ► MOG a fur coat → sl.
1950 ► ORIGINALS Levi jacket and jeans → sl.
1958 ► FISHSKIN a raincoat, esp. an oilskin → Amer. dial.
1960 ► JO-JOS a bulky coat without pockets → Can. prison sl.
1960 ► SACK an overcoat, a jacket → African-American sl.
1967 ► BUM JACKET a short jacket → Amer. dial.
1967 ► D.J. a dinner jacket → sl.
1968 ► DICKEY a denim jacket → Amer. dial.
1970 ► CAGGIE a cagoule (waterproof outer garment) or hooded anorak → UK sl.
1984 ► GRAVEYARD DUSTER a split-tailed coat → Amer. dial.
1984 ► KAGGIE a kagool (waterproof outer garment) → UK sl.
1988 ► MOUNTAIN GOAT a coat → Glasgow rhyming sl.
1992 ► FAG (PACKET) a jacket → UK rhyming sl.
1998 ► SHEEPIE a sheepskin coat or jacket → UK sl.

OTHER
 
NOUNS  
  700 ► RAIL a garment, dress, mantle, cloak → obs.
  950 ► OVERSLOP an outer garment; a loose, upper garment; a cassock or gown → obs.
1300 ► CLOTHING OF CARE mourning-dress → obs.
1552 ► VARDINGALE a framework of hoops formerly used by women to extend their skirts → obs.
1621 ► UNDER-BODY the lower part of a woman’s dress → obs.
1639 ► COVER-SLUT something worn to cover dirt, untidiness, or sluttishness; a garment to hide slovenliness → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1678 ► MANTUA a loose gown worn by women in the 17th-18th centuries 
L17   ► MISH-TOPPER a petticoat → sl.
L17   ► NUGGING-DRESS an odd or exotic dress, esp. a loose dress affected by, and characteristic of, harlots → cant
1724 ► HABIT a gown or robe → arch.
1741 ► INSIDE TOGE a waistcoat → UK criminals’ sl. obs.
1741 ► NIGHT GOWN a gown for lounging, not sleeping
1753 ► UNDER SHELL a waistcoat → UK criminals’ sl. obs.
1754 ► QUELT a kilt → Sc. obs.
1756 ► SLAMMERKIN a loose gown or dress → obs.
1775 ► BISHOP the bustle of a woman’s dress → obs.
1780 ► ARTICLES a suit of clothes; trousers, breeches; possibly also underwear → cant
19C   ► RAG an article of clothing, esp. a dress → sl.
19C   ► ARSE-COOLER a bustle on a woman’s dress → sl.
1810 ► FECKET a waistcoat, an underjacket; a shirt
1818 ► MANTY a gown; the material of which the gown is made → Sc.
1821 ► TOILET a dress or costume, a gown 
1823 ► RIG-OUT a suit of clothes; an outfit → sl.
1825 ► TIDY a pinafore or overall to keep clothes from dirt or grease → Eng. dial.
1839 ► FAN a waistcoat; a vest → criminals’ usage
M19  ► BEND a waistcoat → sl.
M19  ► WAIST TOG a waistcoat → sl.
1851 ► PINNY a pinafore → sl.
1852 ► NETHERLINGS clothing for legs 
1864 ► SAVE-ALL a pinafore; overall → Eng. dial.
1866 ► RAIL a cheap, flimsy dress; a thin, flimsy, worthless piece of material → Sc.
1866 ► ROPE a length of worthless material or a long dowdy dress → Sc., derogatory
1869 ► PANNIER a frame of whalebone, wire, or other material, used to distend the skirt of woman’s dress at the hips 
1871 ► NIGHTIE → NIGHTY a nightdress → colloq.
1880 ► PEEK-A-BOO a girl’s blouse with perforations → sl.
1880 ► BACK-STAIRCASE a bustle on a woman’s dress → UK sl.
1881 ► EELSKIN-DRESS a tight-fitting dress 
1882 ► CAMEL a bustle, or dress-improver → US sl.
1883 ► FRILL-DE-DILLS laces, trimmings, ornaments on a dress → Eng. dial.
1886 ► FRUMP a dowdy dress
1888 ► TAIL the skirt of a woman’s dress 
1890 ► FALSE HEREAFTER a dress-improver or bustle → society sl.
1890 ► WAMPUM AND WARPAINT evening dress → sl., jocular usage
1895 ► MONKEY SUIT a formal evening dress suit; a tuxedo → US
1899 ► COAT a dress
1899 ► SKIN-TIGHTS close-fitting leg garments 
1899 ► WOOLLY a garment knitted from wool, esp. a sweater → sl.
L19    ► ANGEL SUIT a ‘combination’ suit, offering a coat and waistcoat made in one, with the trousers buttoned onto it → sl.
L19    ► ICE-CREAM SUIT a white linen suit → sl., orig. Aust. & US
L19    ► ONE-LEG TROUSER a style of skirt, tight and straight, popular in the 1890s → sl.
20C   ► BIRD CAGE a lady’s bustle
20C   ► PREVIOUS of clothing: tight, snug
20C   ► SET OF DRAPES a ‘zoot suit’ → African-American sl.
20C   ► TIN FLUTE  a suit → rhyming sl.
1900 ► DAFFOCK a woman’s dress that is too short → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► FALLOPS rags hanging about a dress; an untidy dress → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► BILLIES overalls and blouse → Amer. dial.
1905 ► TIE a pinafore → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1917 ► UNIONALLS overalls → Amer. dial.
1918 ► SOUP AND FISH a formal dress for evening wear → sl.
1919 ► FIDDLE (AND FLUTE) a suit → US rhyming sl.
1920 ► TIN OF FRUIT  a suit → rhyming sl.
1920 ► BOWL OF FRUIT a suit → rhyming sl.
1920 ► BOX OF FRUIT  a suit → rhyming sl.
1920 ► X-RAY DRESS a translucent dress → US sl.
1922 ► TUX a dinner jacket → US sl.
1924 ► BAG OF FRUIT a suit → Aust. rhyming sl.
1926 ► MIDDLE-PIECE a vest → Amer. sl.
1926 ► THREADS clothes, esp. a suit of clothes
1927 ► ALTOGETHERS a set of tights for the whole body 
1928 ► MONKEY SUIT a pair of overalls; a similar garment such as a boiler suit or flying suit → sl.
1930 ► JACKIE HOWE → JACKY HOWE a sleeveless vest worn esp. by sheep shearers and other rural workers → Aust. & NZ sl.
1930 ► JIMMIE HOWE → JIMMY HOWE a navy blue or black woollen singlet worn by Australian and New Zealand shearers and bushmen → Aust. & NZ sl.
1930 ► ZOOT SUIT a style of suit worn in the 1940s and 1950s, characterized by a long, draped jacket with padded shoulders and high-waisted tapering trousers → sl., orig. African-American
1931 ► WHISTLE (AND FLUTE) a suit → Brit. rhyming sl.
1932 ► SCIVVY → SKIVIE → SKIVVIE → SKIVVY a vest or undershirt → Amer. sl., orig. nautical usage
1932 ► VINE(S) a suit → US sl.
1938 ► CHIPPY a dress worn by prostitutes, of knee length and very easy to disrobe → Amer. sl.
1940 ► KATZENJAMMER a catsuit → US sl.
1944 ► PEDAL-PUSHERS calf-length trousers for women or girls; originally designed for a ‘pedal-pusher’ (bicyclist) → US sl.
1944 ► BLUE SERGE denims → services’ sl. (Bk.)
1944 ► BLUE TUXEDOS  denims → services’ sl. (Bk.)
1947 ► DROOPS long dresses → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 ► SISSY CLOTHES tea-time dresses → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 ► STATION WAGON a sweater of nubby yarn → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 ► THREADS a suit of clothes → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1949 ► EAST AND WEST a vest → UK pickpockets’ rhyming sl.
1950 ► FLASH a suit of clothes → US sl.
1950 ► PEEK-A-BOO any garment made from Swiss cotton → Aust. sl.
1952 ► THANKY-SUIT a suit given away; hence a rather worthless one → Amer. dial.
1957 ► MEXICAN CASHMERE a cotton sweatshirt → US sl.
1959 ► DUCK SUIT a brown and tan camouflage suit, not dissimilar to the suit worn by a duck hunter, issued to US special forces in Vietnam → US sl.
1960 ► TWINKLE-DRESS a sparkling party dress
1960 ► PUSSY-PELMET a very short miniskirt
1960 ► TIN OF BEANS jeans → rhyming sl.
1960 ► VI’S Levi-Strauss jeans → US students’ sl.
1961 ► PENGUIN SUIT a man’s formal evening wear; a black dinner jacket worn with a white shirt → humorous usage
1963 ► BAGGIES baggy shorts or trousers → Amer sl., orig. surfing usage
1964 ► COCKRAG a loincloth worn by an aboriginal → Aust. sl.
1965 ► ALASKA TUXEDO a wool work suit → US sl.
1965 ► ZOOT a man’s suit with a long loose jacket and high-waisted trousers, popular esp. in the 1940s → sl., orig. US
1966 ► BUNGALOW APRON a loose, full housedress that ties at the waist → Amer. dial.
1968 ► CARDIE → CARDY a cardigan → sl.
1970 ► DACKS → DAKS shorts or trousers → Aust. sl.
1970 ► DECKS overalls → Amer. dial.
1970 ► FAIRY LOOP a locker loop on the back of a man’s shirt → Amer. dial.
1970 ► LEES Levi jeans (Bk.)
1970 ► BACK-OUT a woman’s dress cut very low in the back → W. Indies sl.
1970 ► BALL GOWN a man’s suit → US homosexual sl.
1970 ► MUSCLE SHIRT a T-shirt with very short sleeves or no sleeves, thus displaying the wearer’s physique 
1970 ► MUSCLE TEE a T-shirt with very short sleeves or no sleeves, thus displaying the wearer’s physique → US sl.
1970 ► T → TEE a T-shirt → sl., orig. US
1970 ► V a suit → US criminals’ sl.
1970 ► WATERCRESS a dress → rhyming sl.
1971 ► HIGH WATERS jeans or trousers that are too short to cover the ankles (Bk.)
1972 ► V-8s men’s shorts → 1972 US sl.
1973 ► STUBBIES a brand of shorts → Aust. sl.
1978 ► BOOB-TUBE a woman’s close-fitting strapless top → sl.
1979 ► ALMOND ROCK a frock, a dress → UK rhyming sl.
1980 ► FAG TAG a locker loop on the back of a man’s shirt → Amer. sl.
1980 ► A.J. Armani jeans → African-American sl.
1982 ► RA-RA SKIRT a tiered mini-skirt, worn by teenage girls in the 1980s → sl.
1984 ► PULLIE → PULLY a pullover; a jumper → UK sl.
1985 ► REEDS long shorts, favoured by surfers → US sl.
1986 ► UNIONS overalls → Amer. dial.
1987 ► TRACKIE → TRACKY a tracksuit → Aust. sl.
1989 ► QUEEN CHARLOTTE TUXEDO a heavy grey Stanfield’s undershirt → Can. sl.
1990 ► BATTY-RIDERS extremely short shorts or hot pants worn by females
1990 ► PUSSY-PRINTER shorts so tight they outline the genital area
1990 ► WIFE-BEATER a man’s sleeveless vest or T-shirt → US colloq.
1992 ► DAILY EXPRESS a dress → UK rhyming sl.
1993 ► DAISY DUKES → DAZZEY DUKS very short and very tight shorts → US sl.
1995 ► FANNY PELMET a very short skirt → UK sl.
1996 ► DUKES cut-off blue jean shorts → US sl.
1996 ► TRACKIE-BOTTOMS tracksuit trousers → Sc. sl.
1998 ► MUSTARD (AND CRESS) a dress → Brit. rhyming sl.
1999 ► DROGLE a dress → UK homosexual sl.
2000 ► TRACKIE DAKS tracksuit trousers → Aust. sl.
2000 ► AEROPLANE DRESS → AIRPLANE DRESS a dress with a long slit reaching the groin → sl.
2000 ► AEROPLANE SKIRT → AIRPLANE SKIRT a skirt with a long slit reaching the groin → sl.
2002 ► COOCHIE-CUTTERS very short shorts → US sl.
2004 ► BUNNY HUG a girl’s hooded sweatshirt → Can. sl.
2004 ► ONESIE a one-piece garment combining a top with trousers, worn as leisurewear → orig. US