Words & TermsWork, bush and rural life
guernsey
A football jumper; in get a guernsey, to be selected or get a chance.
In a sentence
The young player finally got a guernsey in the senior side.
Where it came from
Australian sport gave the garment word a strong local football sense and productive idiom.
- Initial era
- 1800–1899
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established