sweater puppies

sweater puppies
 n.pl.— «You can make wads of cash stripping in Toronto if you have the wear-with-all and you keep your mouth shut about the Leafs. Nobody likes a Habs fan here, even one with a nice set of sweater puppies.» —“Licence to thrill” by Sasha Eye Weekly (Toronto, Canada) Mar. 30, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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