Citations:gym strip

English citations of gym strip

Noun: "(British Columbia) a set of clothing (generally a T-shirt and shorts) brought to school to wear during gym class"

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• 1980, Lynne Mündel, The Pebble and the Peacock, page 11:

  "No. Just kept on colouring. But I saw him take it. It was Karin's money, for gym strip. More than five dollars!"

• 2001, Sandra Diersch, Home Court Advantage, page 53:

  But finally, finally the bell rang at two thirty and she could grab her gym strip — that is, her shorts and t-shirt — and head to the change rooms.

• 2002, Diane Tullson, Edge, page 52:

  I unlock my tote box and reach for my gym strip. I grab my stuff and head for a toilet cubicle to change. I hate gym days. Gym class ruins a perfectly good Friday.

• 2008, Cyndi Sand-Eveland, Dear Toni, page 29:

  The bad news is, we got our team uniforms, and you won't believe it, but the uniforms are T-shirts and skirts! How will I ever bend over and pick up the ball? Are we supposed to curtsy or something? We're going to get laughed off the field in these. I'm going to wear my gym strip under the skirt

• 2009, Carrie Mac, Jacked, page 59:

  He reaches into the car and grabs my gym strip off the backseat. He drops the shorts and rips the T-shirt into strips.

• 2016, Rosalyn Marie Francis, Math Troubles, page 15:

  Before I forget, I take my gym strip into the laundry room off the kitchen and toss my t-shirt, shorts and socks in the washing machine.

• 2017, Leanne Van Dongen, Kate the Great, page 45:

  Kate found a cubby that had her name on it. In it was her gym strip: a gray Tshirt that said GEMSTONE in red letters, gray shorts, and red shoes with gray laces. (Yes, the school gave all the students their gym strips. When gym class was over for you, you would take it home to clean it. Then you bring it back, and put it in your cubby.)

• 2018, Lindsay Wong, The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family, unnumbered page:

  As an adult, I can see the likelihood that my father did not know enough English to explain the subject of friendship properly, and he was genuinely worried about my happiness, which was already spotted and sour, like my gym strip that hadn't been washed in more than a year.

• 2019, Rachel Elizabeth Cole, The Rabbit Ate My Snow Pants, unnumbered page:

  In elementary school, I actually kind of liked gym—as long as there were no rabbit-nibbled holes in my gym strip.

• 2019, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Iggy's World, unnumbered page:

  "From the way Roach was dancing and slapping himself during gym, I'm pretty sure the ants started another colony in his gym strip."

• 2020, JG Toews, Lucky Jack Road, unnumbered page:

  She had her bike at school, but no extra clothes other than gym strip.

• 2021, Sam Wiebe, Hell and Gone, unnumbered page:

  Accounting textbooks and a backpack with binders, pencil case, Pocky, gym strip rolled up in.

• 2022, Lyle D. Gatley, The Rudderless Pair: An Olympic Journey, page 12:

  "Hey, I think I left my gym strip here." He swung open a locker and retrieved his Thunderbird shirt along with his navy-blue wool shorts.