semmit
/ˈsɛmɪt
/noun Scottish
An undershirt; a vest.The fashion of racing up the pitch with the jersey pulled over the face to reveal the sports semmit has been rife these last two or three seasons....
- Wearing semmits and hard hats they climbed through young trees to an open slope.
- The man who is too sexy for his semmit has been under attack of late.
Origin
Late Middle English: of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- patch-head
- patchily
- patchiness
- patch lead
- patch leather
- patchless
- patchouli
- patchouli camphor
- patchouli'd
- patchoulied
- patch panel
- patch-plug
- patch pocket
- patch-polled coot
- patch reef
- patch test
- patch-tested
- patch testing
- patch-up
- patchwise
- patchwork
- patchwork economy
- patchworked
- worker cooperative
- worker director