shell-suit

A form of shell suit — A lightweight tracksuit consisting of a zip-front jacket and matching elasticated trousers, each having an outer nylon shell, often bearing panels and flashes of different colours, and inner cotton lining; popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s both as sportswear and as general leisurewear.

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Meanings

nounshell-suit (plural shell-suits)

plural shell-suits

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of shell suit.
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shell-suit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shell-suit

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shell-suit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shell-suit.

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