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happi coat

[hap-ee]
–noun (sometimes initial capital letters)
a Japanese lounging jacket with wide, loose sleeves and often an overlapping front closure usually tied with a sash.

Origin:
1875–80; < Japn, earlier fappi, var. of fan-pi < MChin, equiv. to Chin bàn half + bèi wear
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hap·pi coat   (hāp'ē)   
n.  A Japanese jacket made of cotton or similar material and having an open front, often fastened with ties.

[Japanese happi : han, half (from Middle Chinese panh) + pi, to wear (from Middle Chinese bi, phi).]
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