Bill Cosby sweater

A form of Cosby sweater — An oversized sweater featuring a loud, kitschy pattern.

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Meanings

nounBill Cosby sweater (plural Bill Cosby sweaters)

plural Bill Cosby sweaters

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Cosby sweater.

    But Warren came with my mother the very next day, in his Bill Cosby sweater and pleated khaki pants, ready to meet his niece.

    2014, Sarah Healy, House of Wonder, New American Library, →ISBN
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    A plus, I thought, his sweater isn't hideous! It was just a plain navy blue Ralph Lauren and not some horrid Bill Cosby sweater from the eighties that some older gentlemen have a taste for.

    2008, Alix Strauss, Have I Got a Guy for You: What Really Happens When Mom Fixes You Up, Polka Dot Press, →ISBN, page 148

    Lorraine helped him off the bleachers, because he was in^([sic]) both pain and drunk, grabbing him by the arm of his old worn and tattered multi-colored Bill Cosby sweater.

    2011, Michael Atkinson, Anthony and Lorraine - Evolution, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 379
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