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
From the way he shrugged and scowled, it seemed the President blamed his bulky green mackinaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wears corduroy breeches, a mackinaw, and a woodsman's boots and cap.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the fall he burned brush piles and raked leaves for Virginia Gatewood, a stick figure at twilight in cloth gloves and a threadbare mackinaw coat ragged at the elbows.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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