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Monkey jacket

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of close-fitting jacket worn by sailors. dated

    "You bully boys of Liverpool, I'll have you to beware, When you sail on them packet ships, no dungaree jumpers wear; But have a big monkey jacket all ready to your hand, For there blows some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland."

  2. 2
    waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners wordnet
  3. 3
    A semiformal lightweight jacket, usually made of nylon, with striped cuffs and neck, similar to an MA-1 flight jacket.
  4. 4
    A hospital gown. US, slang

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