See skipper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1990 May 26, O. Musi, Drum Magazine:",
"text": "My neighbour's little boy pestered his dad for a 'Viva' T-shirt. This long-suffering man pointed out to his son that he had been sharing his w:Cosatu skipper with him.., but the kid..did not want to wear it any longer as it was not, as he put it, 'skipa sa Mandela'.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(South Africa) A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "jumper"
},
{
"word": "tee-shirt"
}
],
"tags": [
"South-Africa"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈskɪpɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-skipper.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/En-us-skipper.ogg/En-us-skipper.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/En-us-skipper.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪpə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "skipper"
}
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