wrap-comb. form
1. the verb stem in combination with a noun or adverb, in sense of ‘that which wraps or is wrapped about’, as wrap reel n. (see quot.). wrap tobacco n. also elliptical = wrapper n. 4. Also wrap-rascal n.
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wrapper leaf1688
filling1812
strips1844
stript1881
wrap tobacco1888
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Oct. 11/1 What is known as ‘wrap’ tobacco is the special kind which it is sought to cultivate.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Oct. 11/1 ‘Wrap’ fetches from 2s. to 3s. 6d. [per lb.].
1890 J. Nasmith Mod. Cotton Spinning Machinery xiv. 291 In order to ascertain the counts of yarn, a machine known as a ‘wrap reel’ is employed. This consists of a small fly or swift.
2. spec. Designating a garment to be wrapped about the body for warmth, or a wraparound garment (see wraparound adj. 1a).
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smalleOE
lightc1230
round1402
side-necked1430
wanton1489
Spanish1530
tucked1530
lustya1555
civil1582
open-breasted1598
full1601
everlasting1607
sheeten1611
nothinga1616
burly1651
pin-up1677
slouching1691
double-breasted1701
negligée1718
translated1727
uniform1746
undress1777
single-breasted1796
unworn1798
mamalone1799
costumic1801
safeguard1822
Tom and Jerry1830
lightweight1837
fancy dress1844
wrap-1845
hen-skin1846
Mary Stuart1846
well-cut1849
mousquetaire1851
empire1852
costumary1853
solid1859
spring weight1869
Henri II1870
western1881
hard-boiled1882
man-of-war1883
Henley1886
demi-season1890
Gretchen1890
toreador1892
crossover1893
French cut1896
drifty1897
boxy1898
Buster Brown1902
Romney1903
modistic1907
Peter Pan1908
classic1909
Fauntleroy1911
baby doll1912
flared1928
flare1929
tuck-in1929
unpressed1932
Edwardian1934
swingy1937
topless1937
wraparound1937
dressed-down1939
cover-up1942
Sun Yat-sen1942
utility1942
non-utility1948
sudsable1951
off-the-shoulder1953
peasant1953
flareless1954
A-line1955
matador1955
stretch1956
wash-and-wear1959
layered1962
Tom Jones1964
Carnaby Street1965
Action Man1966
Mao-style1967
wear-dated1968
thermal1970
bondage1980
swaggery1980
hoochie1990
mitumba1990
kinderwhore1994
1845 Ainsworth's Mag. 7 499 A wrap-cloak, or sheet, being thrown penance-ways over the head and shoulders.
1887 Manch. Exhib. Catal. 64 Warm Wrap Shawls.
1928 Daily Mail 9 Aug. 3/4 A..bathing dress worn under a well cut wrap-coat of crêpe de Chine.
1976 New Yorker 8 Mar. 1 (advt.) Reversible wrap skirt lined in red and white.
1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 131/1 Diane von Furstenburg wrap dress.
1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 30/1 A belted wool wrap coat: this can be tweedy, checked or camel.
1984 Chicago Sun-Times 25 Jan. 33/1 By 1976 she had designed the wrap dress, which became an overnight success.
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