Talbot said:We used to call singlets 'white garbo's' or 'blue garbo's', because that what the garbo's (trashmen) wore.
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I never would have guessed that garbo's referred to trashmen.
They seem to be called all sorts of names but I have always referred to them as athletic undershirts or A-shirts. Some people call them sleeveless T's but I never got that since there is no T shape.