Swanndri
/ˈswɒndrʌɪ/(also swandri)
noun NZ trademark
A heavy-duty weatherproof woollen shirt or jacket, typically with a hood: he’s on the cover of the book, wearing a Swanndri...
- During the late 1920s and early 1930s, he regularly exhibited his garments at the annual Winter Show, next to a Swanndri suspended in a water-filled crate.
- His grandfather made the first ever Swanndri.
- When a Sunday paper mistakenly announced that the Swanndri had come from Dunedin, he sought help from the local newspaper to put the story right.
Origin
Early 20th century: proprietary name, an alteration of swan + dry.
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