Definition of Parkas

1. Noun. (plural of parka) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parkas

1. parka [n] - See also: parka

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parkas

parity check
parjdigitate
park and ride
park bench
park commissioner
park light
park lights
park that thought
park the car in Harvard Yard
parka
parka squirrel
parkable
parkade
parkades
parkas (current term)
parked
parkee
parkees
parkeria
parkerite
parkers
parkette
parkettes
parkgoer
parkgoers
parki
parkie
parkier
parkies

Literary usage of Parkas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Convex Optimization and Euclidean Distance Geometry by Jon Dattorro (2005)
"Ye recommends positive definite parkas' Lemma 6.2.1.1.2 instead; ... From positive definite parkas' lemma and using the method of §2.13.2.1.1, ..."

2. The Rainbow's End: Alaska by Alice Palmer Henderson (1898)
"These parkas are made of any close fur, the cheaper ones of rabbit skin or ... I was saying something about parkas when a miner burst into laughter and ..."

3. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Cormorant parkas are considered the ones of the highest quality. For adventurous folk, here's how you make a parka: suck the fat out of the skin and smear ..."

4. Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska by Henry Wood Elliott, Washburn Maynard, Sheldon Jackson, David Starr Jordan, United States Dept. of the Treasury. Special Agents Division, Leonhard Hess Stejneger, William Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, Charles Haskins Townsend, Frederick William True, (1898)
"The parkas made of bear, moose, sea otter, or reindeer skin were always worn with the ... Reindeer parkas were always ornamented with feathers, beads, etc. ..."

5. The Klondike Stampede by Tappan Adney, Edwin Tappan Adney (1899)
"Men's deer skin "parkas," $50 to $100; ladies' mink-skin "parkas," § 100; ladies' tailor-made cloth jackets, $65 ; men's suit clothes, custom- made, ..."

6. Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-fields: A Thrilling Narrative of by William B. Haskell (1898)
"The Indian parkas are usually made entirely of fur, the fur being inside, and the sleeves, especially of the parkas of the lower Yukon Indians, ..."

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