"Oh, we call them wife-beaters..." is often the answer to my explanation of the humble singlet. But unlike in Australia, where a men's size blue singlet is more often singled out for that questionable honour, this is all singlets - even the ones my 5 and 3 year olds wear. Undershirts are more common, and possibly proper jackets, layering and heated houses negate the need for them at all. Female varieties are called tank-tops (whereas I would call my warm undergarments a singlet, and tank tops (or singlet tops!) are what you wear on a warm day, or to the beach).
Oh, and Americans do have jumpers - that is what they call those corduroy pinnies that you put on little girls!
I have seen the jumper referring to pinafores on the back of sewing patterns.Sweater sounds so american.
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