Tanktop
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En Tanktop er en ærmeløs undertrøje med store ærmehuller og en stor hals til ned omkring brystet. På dansk vil man som regel kalde en tanktop for en undertrøje.
Slang
I USA kaldes den også for en wife-beater ((engelsk): hustrumishandler). Grunden til at den kaldes en "wife-beater" er, at man ofte ser mænd i trailer parks (lavindkomstbeboelse i USA) iført disse undertrøjer, og at disse individer ofte opfattes at begå hustruvold[1].
Kilder
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of English: noun (US informal) a man's sleeveless vest or T-shirt – origin apparently from the association of such a garment with men who commit domestic violence.
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Forfatter/Opretter: David Shankbone , Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Man in a tank top style known as an 'A shirt', at the 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival.
Photographer's blog post about this photograph.[1]
Forfatter/Opretter: Robbie Mendelson, Licens: CC BY-SA 2.0
U.S. Open
Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009Forfatter/Opretter: willgame (www.flickr.com), Licens: CC BY 2.0
Photo by willgame taken from www.flickr.com of a woman wearing a yellow tank top.
An example of an A-shirt.
Forfatter/Opretter: User:Thivierr; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:52, 28 March 2010 (UTC), Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
A woman wearing a w:tube top. The woman was with a group of performers at the first annual "Fiestival", which took place at Olympic Plaza in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Forfatter/Opretter: User:Thivierr (Also Robert Thivierge on Flickr, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
A women with braided pigtails. This photo was taken at a pro-Marijuana rally outside City Hall in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.