"adultswear" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} adultswear (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of adultwear. Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: adultwear
    Sense id: en-adultswear-en-noun-Cgrkb3xs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1991 April 12, Lothian Courier, page 24",
          "text": "DESIGNER LABELS / POPULAR HIGH STREET LABELS / BABYWEAR, CHILDRENSWEAR, ADULTSWEAR / UNBELIEVABLE UNREPEATABLE PRICES",
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          "ref": "2004, Richard Bell, “Creating a global retail brand: Interview with Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy, former group chief executive, Kingfisher plc”, in Jonathan Reynolds, Christine Cuthbertson, editors, Retail Strategy: The View from the Bridge, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, page 277",
          "text": "We decided to concentrate on product areas where we could develop a market leading position – toys, entertainment, childrenswear and household products. As a result, adultswear and food were dropped from the range, as these were areas where we felt that as a general merchandise operator, we would never have been able to establish a market leading position.",
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