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Old 11-30-2012, 10:19 AM   #11
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Default Re: pink union suit

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Originally Posted by gdmoody View Post
I have a brown union suit that I used to wear when I went hunting. I don't think I could get my big butt in it now!! I have often wondered exactly why it's called a union suit.
Ask and ye shall receive an answer. Might even be the right one.

According to Wiki - The first union suit was patented in 1868 as "emancipation union under flannel".

So I guess it's a "union suit" because the guy that invented it called it that.
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