bunny hug
n.— «It shares its name with a dance move from 1912, and was once also called a “cotton popover” and a “kangaroo sweatshirt.” What the majority of the English-speaking world refers to as the hooded sweatshirt, or hoodie, is known in Saskatchewan as the bunny hug.…What he found is that, along with a sprinkling of western Manitobans, bunny hug is recognized and used in lieu of hoodie across much of Saskatchewan, especially by people in their 40s.» —“Bunny hugs fit province perfectly” by Janet French StarPhoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) Apr. 16, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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