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pea jacket
noun
- a short coat of thick wool, usually double-breasted and navy in color, worn by seamen, fishermen, etc.
- a jacket or short coat styled like this, worn by adults and children.
pea jacket
/ ˈpiːˌkəʊt /
noun
- a sailor's short heavy double-breasted overcoat of navy wool
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pea jacket1
1715–25, Americanism; pea, variant spelling of pay, pee, pie coat of coarse woolen cloth ( late Middle English pee, pey, pie; akin to Dutch pij, dialectal Frisian pey, dialectal Swedish paje ) + jacket; perhaps modeled on Frisian (N dial.) pijekkat
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pea jacket1
C18: from Dutch pijjekker, from pij coat of coarse cloth + jekker jacket
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Example Sentences
Their patched pea-jacket and breeches have been their elders' before them.
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"I want to say my say," said a short man in a pea-jacket,—a retired San Francisco pilot, named Eldridge.
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I was warmly clad when we struck, having my thick oil-skin over my pea-jacket, but I felt a bit cold.
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He hesitated a moment, tossed the pea jacket back on the settee and sat down once more.
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He buttoned his pea-jacket, and set his hat firmly on his head.
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