mackinaw
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- mackinawed adjective
Etymology
Origin of mackinaw
First recorded in 1755–65; spelling variant of Mackinac
Example Sentences
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“Busia and I entered the forest. She and I went alone, nearly a century apart but also together. … We disappeared into the dense forests. She wore a cape. I wore a mackinaw jacket.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2023
My grandfather, as a rank seaman, wore a wool mackinaw, a family heirloom now in the possession of my brother, who lives in Maryland, where he never has to deal with 13 below.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2014
He wears corduroy breeches, a mackinaw, and a woodsman's boots and cap.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of them come from New Brunswick�hard-muscled, catfooted lumberjacks who like to wear the loudest mackinaw shirts that money can buy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oscar Noble was standing in the big front room, his gray hat on his head and his red mackinaw buttoned up tight around his throat.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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