User:Commander Keane/sandpit2

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey.
 * 2) * 1974,, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 33:
 * At work I wore a guernsey, or a singlet if it was too hot in the greenhouses; but when I sat on the galley wall of a Sunday evening watching the girls pass, I was wearing my best.
 * 1)  The shirt worn by the players.
 * 2)  (slang: as in "get a guernsey") [receive] praise, admiration, recognition, credit, etc

Translations

 * Irish: geansaí
 * Norman: corset d'oeuvre


 * Scottish Gaelic: geansaidh