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mess jacket
noun
- a short, tailless jacket extending to just below the waist, used for semiformal military occasions and now especially as part of the uniform of waiters, bellhops, etc.
mess jacket
noun
- a waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back, worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mess jacket1
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Example Sentences
Of course, you have not got your full kit yet; but you will want a mess jacket and waistcoat.
Besides, after that business of the mess-jacket, anything resembling weakness would have been fatal.
Captain Dixon lost no time in changing his smart mess-jacket for a thicker coat.
And he walked away, limping, his white mess jacket a pale spot in the gloom.
So he hooked the dark collar of his new mess-jacket, and went to dinner like a prince who has newly inherited his father's crown.
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