boy-beater

boy-beater

A tank top typically worn under other clothes. Also known as a "wife-beater." You can't go out in just a boy-beater—put something else on. One of our neighbors sits out on his front porch all day during the summer wearing nothing but a dirty boy-beater and a pair of boxer briefs. A: "Just talk to the guy!" B: "Come on, you know my type isn't 'random dude in a boy-beater that shows off all of his arm tats.' Sorry."

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boy-beater

n. a sleeveless shirt or undershirt allegedly for women or homosexuals. (From the wife-beater.) They sat there looking macho in their tints and boy-beater.

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