armor
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metal clothing that soldiers wore in the middle ages to protect their bodies
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the British spelling of armor
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short thick white socks for girls. teenage girls, who often wore them in the U.S. in the past, were sometimes called bobbysoxers.
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something that women wore around their waists in the past to hold their skirts away from their bodies at the back
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a piece of material covering a man’s sexual organs, worn in the 15th and 16th centuries
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a stiff piece of underwear worn by women to make their waists look thin, especially in the past
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a piece of underwear that women wore, especially in the past, to give their body more shape or support
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a shirt made of very rough cloth that some religious people wore in the past to punish themselves for things that they had done wrong
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clothing made of small metal rings or pieces joined together, worn by soldiers in the past to protect their bodies
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a large hard round hat worn in hot countries to keep the sun off of your head, especially in the past
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loose pants that are fastened below the knee, worn by men when playing sports, especially golf, in the past
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a piece of clothing that covers the chest and back, worn over other clothes, especially in the past by knights (=soldiers who rode horses)
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a long loose piece of clothing with a belt and no sleeves, worn by people in ancient times
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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