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pea jacket

–noun
1. a short coat of thick wool, usually double-breasted and navy in color, worn by seamen, fishermen, etc.
2. a jacket or short coat styled like this, worn by adults and children.
Also called peacoat, pea coat.


Origin:
1715–25, Americanism; pea, var. sp. of pay, pee, pie coat of coarse woolen cloth (late ME pee, pey, pie; akin to D pij, dial. Fris pey, dial. Sw paje) + jacket; perh. modeled on Fris (N dial.) pijekkat
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pea jacket  
n.  A short, warm, double-breasted coat of heavy wool, worn especially by sailors. Also called pea coat.

[Probably partial translation of Dutch pijjekker : pij, a kind of coarse cloth (from Middle Dutch pīe) + jekker, jacket.]
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