ski mask

noun

: a knit fabric mask that covers the head, has openings for the eyes, mouth, and sometimes the nose, and is worn especially by skiers for protection from the cold

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What To Know Manager Amber Hussain, 19, told the Post that a group of juveniles wearing ski masks attacked a security guard and broke a glass door inside the restaurant earlier this month. David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025 When three men wearing ski masks stormed into a New Haven, Connecticut, deli on January 24, 1999, killing a customer and wounding a cashier, police pointed to then 19-year-old Jackson as one of the suspects, and he was eventually convicted of murder, according to court records. Yash Roy, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025 The man, whose face is covered by a ski mask and who appears to be wearing a Make America Great Again red baseball cap, can be seen in the video ranting and raving outside Masjid Nur Al-Islam, at 21 Church Ave. Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2025 Jefferson was identified as a suspect after a crime analyst linked him to the case by comparing DNA from a ski mask left at the scene to the DNA of Jefferson’s deceased parents, police said. Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ski mask

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ski mask was in 1966

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“Ski mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ski%20mask. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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