sweater girl

plural sweater girls

1. A young woman wearing a tight sweater that emphasizes the bustline: a popular Hollywood fashion of the 1940s and 1950s.

   The proper clothes for a war worker to wear are outlined in the chapter on “Grooming for Your Part,” and Dr. [Louise M.] Snyder writes: Slacks, jumperalls and loose-fitting blouse, or coveralls must be worn to make you look like a productionette, not a sweater girl; […]

   1943 November 12, Yolande Gwin, “‘You’re a War Worker Now!’ Is Title of New Etiquette Book”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume LXXVI, number 151, Atlanta, Ga., →OCLC, page 17, column 4