Meaning & use
pinnie
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a lightweight sleeveless vest, often numbered or colored, worn over clothing to distinguish teams in sports.
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The coach handed out red and blue pinnies to divide the players into two teams.
She grabbed a pinnie from the bin before jogging onto the practice field.
A note on using this word
Pinnie is informal, chiefly British and Commonwealth usage; it can also, in an older sense, mean a child's pinafore or apron, though the sports-vest meaning is now far more common.
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bibvest
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