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- uncountableClothing to be worn for gardening.
My usual summer gardenwear is baggy pants, a long-sleeved baggy shirt, knee-high boots and gloves.
2009 June 20, Renee Studebaker, “So there are less toxic mosquito repellents? OK, I’ll bite”, in Austin American-Statesman, page F104 more examples
Here are ingenious tools, lovely vases, double-duty planters, practical and stylish gardenwear—in short, all the newest and best for up-to-the-minute gardeners.
1955 April, Holiday, volume 17, number 4, page 147“My favorite gardenwear,” she replies, “is an old pair of Land’s^([sic]) End pants called stringalongs.[…]”
1996, Robin Chotzinoff, People with Dirty Hands: The Passion for Gardening, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 114Wasps and bees aren’t the brainiest critters on the face of the earth, but they sure know where their dinner comes from: brightly colored flowers! So don’t go around looking like a bed of roses. Instead, try blending into the ground: Stick with beige or brown as your stock shades for gardenwear.
2002, Jerry Baker, Backyard Problem Solver: 2,168 Natural Solutions for Growing Great Grass, Super Shrubs, Bright Bulbs, Perfect Perennials, Amazing Annuals, Vibrant Vegetables, Terrific Trees, and Much, Much More!, American Master Products, Inc., page 224Busybee Clothing is a family business who manufacture industrial clothing and supply gardenwear and protective workwear.
2014 October 8, St Helens Reporter, page 22
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