noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
garment bag
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I packed the dresses in a black garment bag.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
knitted
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Another afternoon she took me with her to deliver the knitted garments .
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She also did a few hand knitted garments herself.
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I looked for the knitted garments that I used to help her with but they must have all been sold.
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A very simple design is to weave strips of various lengths, which is particularly effective on sideways knitted garments .
outer
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I was very glad of my thermal vest, three layers of woollies, and waterproof and windproof outer garments .
upper
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They ordered the young women to remove their upper garments and then to bend forward until their foreheads touched the cold sand.
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My upper climbing garments have always proved wayward in the role of guidebook protection.
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This belt, however, did not hold his trousers up but merely fastened the two sides of his upper garment .
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He then progresses to a simple upper body garment , such as a sleeveless vest or loose T-shirt.
white
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A derivation of White Sunday, it refers to the white garments worn by the recently baptised Christians of the early Church.
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When she rises in the white garment she must be terribly dominant.
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They enter it and see a young man sitting there in a white garment , which frightens them.
■ NOUN
bag
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I open up my garment bag and pull out something I call wearable art.
factory
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For nearly three decades, he worked in Woodbury at a garment factory near his home.
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Minnie had three children and continued to work almost constantly in the garment factories .
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She started working in the Baltimore garment factories , helping with newsletters and worker organization.
industry
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The concentration of ethnic minority women workforce in the garment industry owned by minority businessmen is a good illustration.
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Berda Morley, who opened the store last May, spent years working in sales and design in the garment industry .
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Young people in service industries , garment industries, catering and shops, no longer have legal minimum rights covering wages and holidays.
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An example of this process is in the fashion garment industry .
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The company supplies a range of customers - hospitals, hotels, the leisure and garment industries .
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The market forces that drive the garment industry can generate employment for thousands, but without security or long-term improvement.
piece
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Think also about the garment pieces .
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Another extremely useful feature of the Professional package is that it allows you to rotate a garment piece through any angle.
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Each garment piece can have a different knitting method and different stitch pattern allocated to it.
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I took the garment pieces off on waste yarn.
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It is left entirely to you to make sure that your garment pieces will fit together correctly.
worker
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I have found a similar pattern amongst garment workers in New York.
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Most garment workers make minimum wage, and some shops try to circumvent that.
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Meet Lenin Lopez, a garment worker who supports Unz.
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Later this week she will meet with garment workers in New York.
■ VERB
knit
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Now you want to knit a garment in an all-over four-colour design.
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When planning the time to knit a garment , always try to choose the best day to knit each piece.
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If you regularly knit different garments for the same people, you might like to have a separate directory for each person.
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However, many knitters find that it is still difficult to plan and knit garments .
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Now our lady is going to knit a garment for sale.
make
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Do not throw any of them away: writers make new garments out of castoffs all the time.
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I recouped the payment by making garment for friends and some of the girls in the office.
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The skins are sold to the rug trade and in future they may be used for making garments .
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The competition was held to encourage young Machine Knitters to design and make their own garments .
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Q I am intending to make some garments as Christmas present for the family.
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It is then just possible to plan, make and finish a garment in time.
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It is left entirely to you to make sure that your garment pieces will fit together correctly.
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Do follow the instructions for making up garments .
use
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It can be used for seaming garments .
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The skins are sold to the rug trade and in future they may be used for making garments .
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There are many different variations of lifted weaving which can be used for decorating garments .
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In this country, it is used largely for heavier garments .
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Either can be used , but a garment should not combine both types of fabric!
wear
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Power is a relation between social groups not a possession to be worn like a garment or flaunted like an antiracist badge.
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When violence against women was reported in the media, it was carefully noted whether the victim was wearing such a garment .
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The men and women who wear this garment are naked above the waist.
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Men today seldom wear any garment as elegant as high-crowned hats of beaver felt used to be.
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An energy membrane denies access to anyone wearing any protective garments .
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All distinctions between race and wealth are eliminated by the wearing of the same garment .
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I also wore my own garments with pride and let it be known that I would knit for others if they wished.
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I felt she wore these dark garments in some sense to keep the spirit of her friend alive.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Only two garments may be taken into the changing room.
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The garment industry has grown by 20% in this area in the past five years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A heavy investment in new machinery was needed before Ashley Mountney could offer wool garments.
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Berda Morley, who opened the store last May, spent years working in sales and design in the garment industry.
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Do not throw any of them away: writers make new garments out of castoffs all the time.
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Most clothes were of woven wool or linen, and the richest people even had silk garments.
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Once lodged in the seams of the clothing, they remained until time moldered the garments.
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Police said anyone offered cheap garments should contact them on.
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Scabbards, broken arms, artillery horses, wrecks of gun carriages, and bloody garments strewed the scene.
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We are new people inside, so our outward garments should reflect that.