smoking jacket

smoking jacket

noun
a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.

Origin:
1875–80
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Smoking jacket is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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smoking jacket
 
n
a man's comfortable jacket of velvet, etc, closed by a tie belt or fastenings, worn at home
 
[so called because it was formerly worn for smoking]

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