Aertex
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Aertex
- A lightweight and loosely woven cotton fabric used to make shirts and underwear.
- John Betjeman, Group Life: Letchworth
- Wouldn't it be jolly now, / To take our Aertex panters off / And have a jolly tumble in / The jolly, jolly sun?
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 5,
- Badger was leaner and seedier, and his Aertex shirt was sweatier and pulled askew by being used to mop his face.
- John Betjeman, Group Life: Letchworth
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