sweater

mastery
UK /ˈswɛtə/ US /ˈswɛtɚ/nounverb

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What does 'sweater' mean in this sentence?

We learn of the cruelty of some school or child-factory from journalists; we learn it from inspectors, we learn it from doctors, we learn it even from shame-stricken schoolmasters and repentant sweaters; but we never learn it from the children.