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lumber jacket

noun

  1. a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lumber jacket1

An Americanism dating back to 1935–45
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Pete wore his usual plaid lumber jacket and flat brown newsboy cap.

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Mrs. Reilly saw again the horrible, coffee-stained lumber jacket that she had always secretly wanted to give to the Volunteers of America along with several other pieces of Ignatius’ favorite clothing.

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I took a lot of pictures of him and there's one where he's wearing my lumber jacket and I just knew he was going to make it.

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His companion, much younger, might have been a country boy for he wore a lumber jacket, corduroy pants, and heavy shoes caked with mud.

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His little frame seemed lost in the broad-shouldered lumber jacket that he wore.

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