siren suit
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]In reference to the air-raid sirens that warned civilians to take shelter.
Noun
[edit]siren suit (plural siren suits)
- A one-piece garment for the whole body, originally designed to be put on while making one's way to an air-raid shelter.
- 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61:
- Don't ever use the hood on your anorak; and, if you do, for heaven's sake don't pull the string tight so that you peep out like a little baby in a siren suit.