qu'minse

• c'mînse (Jersey)

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French chemise, cemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

qu'minse f (plural qu'minses)

1. (Guernsey) shirt
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 541:

     Il y a terjoûs quiqu'ùn qui a sa qu'minse à sequier.

     There is always some one wanting to dry his shirt.