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| jacket |
to cover or furnish with a jacket. [1/3 definitions] |
| jacketless |
combined form of jacket. |
| jerkin |
a short, tight, usu. leather jacket resembling a vest. |
| jumper2 |
a kind of loose outer jacket used by workers. [1/4 definitions] |
| leisure suit |
a casual suit, worn by men, having a shirtlike jacket and matching pants. |
| life jacket |
a life preserver in the form of a sleeveless vest or jacket; life vest. |
| life preserver |
a buoyant device for keeping a person afloat and preventing drowning, usu. made in the shape of a ring, belt, or jacket. |
| liner2 |
a stiff paper sleeve or jacket for a phonograph record. [1/2 definitions] |
| mess jacket |
a man's close-fitting, waist-length jacket, worn as part of a uniform. |
| Norfolk jacket |
a loosely belted, single-breasted man's jacket with pockets on either side of the lower front and two box pleats in front and back from the yoke to the hem. |
| pajamas |
a set of loose-fitting jacket and pants worn for sleeping or lounging. [1/2 definitions] |
| pantsuit |
a woman's suit jacket with matching pants. |
| parka |
a warm outer jacket, often with a hood. [1/2 definitions] |
| Pierrot |
a comic male character in old French pantomime who wears loose white pantaloons, a short jacket with large buttons, and whiteface. |
| reefer1 |
a short, thick, double-breasted jacket or coat. [1/2 definitions] |
| sack coat |
a loose-fitting jacket or coat with a straight back, as of a man's business suit. |
| shirt-sleeve |
warm enough not to require a coat or jacket, as weather. [1/3 definitions] |
| shoulder holster |
a holster attached, under one's armpit, to a shoulder strap, so that a firearm can be carried concealed under one's coat or jacket. |
| shrug |
an open, very short jacket or sweater worn by women. [1/4 definitions] |
| single-breasted |
narrowly overlapped in front and closing with a single row of buttons, as a jacket or coat. (Cf. double-breasted.) |
| skirt |
the part of a garment such as a dress or jacket that hangs down from the waist. [1/7 definitions] |
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