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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Shed like a four-dollar Christmas sweater

Hey guys, I've just heard it from an American TV series called "New girl" and I don't know what that means. Here's the full sentence: "This is what happens. Four models with protein deficiencies,sharing a shower.
They shed like a... like a four-dollar Christmas sweater."
  

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'Shed' means ' lose a lot of one's hair' (due eg to a protein deficiency) Dogs, for example,often shed on your furniture. A cheap sweater often sheds, too. Clive.

  • 'Shed' means ' lose a lot of one's hair' (due eg to a protein deficiency) Dogs, for example,often shed on your furniture.
  • A cheap sweater often sheds, too.
  • Clive.
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'Shed' means ' lose a lot of one's hair' (due eg to a protein deficiency)
Dogs, for example,often shed on your furniture.

A cheap sweater often sheds, too.

Clive.
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Thanks Clive. what does four-dollar mean in this sentence?!
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A sweater that costs $4.

The writer just means 'a very cheap sweater'.

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