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bunny hug

bunny hug
 n.— Â«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.» â€”“Bunny hugs fit province perfectly” by Janet French StarPhoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) Apr. 16, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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