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monkey jacket
noun
- a short, close-fitting jacket or coat, formerly worn by sailors.
monkey jacket
noun
- a short close-fitting jacket, esp a waist-length jacket similar to a mess jacket
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Word History and Origins
Origin of monkey jacket1
First recorded in 1820–30; so called from its resemblance to a jacket worn by an organ-grinder's monkey
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Example Sentences
Be on hand, my young monkey jacket; I should hate to be turned out so early for nothing.
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Soon a monkey-jacket mounted the side, and was beset by the captain and cabin people for news.
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Pete was still in his stocking cap and Wellington boots, but he had a monkey-jacket over his blue guernsey.
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The last monkey-jacket I had from you a week ago I am returning for alteration.
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The fellow took a firm grip of my monkey-jacket, and I made for the door.
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