twinset

noun

twin·​set ˈtwin-ˈset How to pronounce twinset (audio)
: a combination of a matching pullover and cardigan worn together

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Leoni, 38, reinvents the 1990s sheath dress-jacket twinset combo with a plisse dress that falls into jagged hem, worn with a pleated cape, all in an elegant tan. — Colleen Barry, ajc, 27 Feb. 2022 And to be doubly sure that the speed books weren’t cooked, Gresley ordered that a dynamometer car, with its large electric speedometer suspended from the ceiling, be added to the train, along with three twinset railcars. — Tom Bentley, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2020

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First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of twinset was in 1937

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“Twinset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twinset. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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