Jacketless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a jacket (coat). not-comparable

    "1828, Sam Spritsail, Chapter 2, in Paisley Magazine, Volume I, No. 6, 2 June, 1828, p. 299, He has no time to dress, but snatching his jacket and trowsers in hand flies off. Tom Pipes gives chace, and mercy on the jacketless shoulders if he comes within arm’s length of them."

  2. 2
    Without a jacket (book cover). not-comparable

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"1828, Sam Spritsail, Chapter 2, in Paisley Magazine, Volume I, No. 6, 2 June, 1828, p. 299, He has no time to dress, but snatching his jacket and trowsers in hand flies off. Tom Pipes gives chace, and mercy on the jacketless shoulders if he comes within arm’s length of them."

Etymology

From jacket + -less.

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