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Definition of Donkey jacket
1. Noun. A short thick jacket; often worn by workmen.
Generic synonyms: Jacket
Definition of Donkey jacket
1. Noun. (British) a type of thick jacket, usually dark blue, often worn by men who work outside ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Donkey Jacket
Literary usage of Donkey jacket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Words, Facts, and Phrases: A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, & Out-of-the-way by Eliezer Edwards (1882)
"... in contempt, ' Wolff Jack/is/t,' which he, without hesitation, put down as
the original of the English term for the donkey. Jacket. ..."
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