Re: USAGE: Language revival

Am 12/06 13:13  Bryan Maloney yscrifef:
> On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, andrew wrote:
>
> > having never noticed this word until this clothing discussion, I'm
> > wondering if it deliberately meant to evoke windcheater?
>
> Highly doubtful.  The USA word for the garment you mention is
> "windbreaker".  "Windcheater" is a non-word over here.
>
Interesting.  I've always though of "windcheater" as an Americanism.  I
looked at two concise dictionaries.  The Oxford had ~-breaker, ~-cheater
as synonyms (under "wind", hence the ~), and the Collins only had
"windcheater" (as its own entry).  I wonder where it came from then...?

- andrew.
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