yowie suit
n.— «Beside the bed lies his combat vest, filled with magazines of live ammunition and festooned with grenades, while hanging next to the Girls of Ralph poster is a sniper’s camouflaged “yowie suit.”» —“Defending Afghanistan First look inside SAS base” Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) Sept. 15, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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