Mackinaw coat

/ ˈmækɪˌnɔː /

noun

1. a thick short double-breasted plaid coat Also calledmackinaw

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mackinaw coat¹

C19: named after Mackinaw, variant of Mackinac

Example Sentences

Don placed a sandwich in each deep pocket of his mackinaw coat, and pushed an apple on top of each.

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Hollister felt the chill of it through his mackinaw coat and was moved to thought of his companion's comfort.

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Propped up in bed, my mackinaw coat over my 'robe de nuit' for warmth, I sit and dream.

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He had opened his Mackinaw coat while running, and now he dropped it to the floor behind him.

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The boy wore a battered felt hat, a fawn mackinaw coat, pants thrust into high socks and a pair of moosehide moccasins.

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