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Garibaldi’s Red Shirt

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The red shirt is the habitual upper garment of American sailors. Any Liverpudlian will tell you that some fifteen years ago a British tar might be discerned by his blue shirt, and a Yankeesaltby his red. Garibaldi first adopted the American shirt, when he took the command of the merchantman in Baltimore.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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