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monkey jacket

noun

  1. a short, close-fitting jacket or coat, formerly worn by sailors.


monkey jacket

noun

  1. a short close-fitting jacket, esp a waist-length jacket similar to a mess jacket
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of monkey jacket1

First recorded in 1820–30; so called from its resemblance to a jacket worn by an organ-grinder's monkey

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