"yachtwear" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From yacht + -wear. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|yacht|wear}} yacht + -wear Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} yachtwear (uncountable)
  1. Clothing to be worn on a yacht. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-yachtwear-en-noun-aPuDUPll Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -wear

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          "ref": "1994, Sam Llewellyn, Maelstrom, Pocket Books, pages 158–159",
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          "ref": "2008, Nigel Farrell, An Island Parish: A Summer on Scilly, Headline, page 147",
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          "ref": "2012, 1,001 Ways the Republican Party Is Screwing the Middle Class, Skyhorse Publishing, page 212",
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