| Show pope size A curious item in the trade slang ot of boaters la is the term pope a 6 size azg I 1 applied to vests vest they classify the scale of chest measurements measurement for the these as small men a 32 inches slender won men a 81 84 inches jeaa men 3 36 indies inches pope 39 inches out size bize 42 inches the origin ot of thin term which be ba bee been current tor for nearly a century cea tury was vai disco it bome me years yeara ago in notes and queries who when it we waa stated on OB good authority that it bad no DO cormon tion till with the tha successors of st SL petr peter it appear that the head of an old firm ot of west end hovirs hosmere moses pope planta ordered this size site to io be made specially for his bia own on personal use and the manufacturer called it after him for war t of a belter name mine i london Cb chronicle ronicle |
