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monkey jacket
noun
- a short, close-fitting jacket or coat, formerly worn by sailors.
monkey jacket
noun
- a short close-fitting jacket, esp a waist-length jacket similar to a mess jacket
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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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