"But calm yourself, sir; a hug-me-tight is merely a kind of sweater built on the lines of a vest.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rim of the Desert] Reference

He asked whimsically if she was manufacturing a cloud like the one in the west where the sun had set; but she lacked her sister's ready repartee, and, arresting her needle long enough to glance at him and back to the woolly, peach-pink pile in her lap, answered seriously: "It's going to be a hug-me-tight.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rim of the Desert] Reference

To-day when I was sitting up to eat breakfast, with my hair braided in two tails and a pink and white hug-me-tight over my nightie, Dinky-Dunk came in and sat by the bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prairie Wife] Reference

I've seen him wash his hands in the kerosene tank and wipe 'em on his clothes just after Julia Hardcastle driv 'by in a hug-me-tight buggy with a drummer. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Dixie Hart] Reference

'hug-me-tight' under a serge coat in this weather? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Kitty Trenire] Reference