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wamus U.S.|ˈwæmʌs|
Also waumus, wammus.
[a. Du. wammes, contracted f. wambuis, a. OF. wambois, -eis: see wambais, gambeson. Cf. G. wams, wamms, woollen jacket (MHG. wambes, -eis, jacket worn under the armour).]
In southern and western U.S., a warm knitted jacket resembling a cardigan.
1805in Thornton Amer. Gloss. 934, I got up, and found that my waumus was bloody. 1854H. H. Riley Puddleford 14 (Thornton) He was attired with a red flannel ‘wamus’. 1887Philadelphia Telegraph 6 July 6/6 His attire was characterized by a long linsey ‘wamus’. 1888E. Eggleston Graysons xxviii. 309 This [wagon-spoke] he put into the baggy part of his ‘wamus’, or hunting-jacket. |