monkey jacket

Noun

dated US slang

(dated) A type of close-fitting jacket worn by sailors. / A semiformal lightweight jacket, usually made of nylon, with striped cuffs and neck, similar to an MA-1 flight jacket.

Japanese Meaning

（古風な意味）船乗りが着用する、体にフィットするジャケット。 / （現代的な意味）ナイロン製で、袖口や襟にストライプがあしらわれた、セミフォーマルな軽量ジャケット（フライトジャケットのMA-1に似たデザイン）。

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He shoved his hands into the pockets of his monkey jacket as the harbor wind picked up.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

港の風が強まると、彼は水兵が着る体にぴったりの短い上着のポケットに手を突っ込んだ。

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Sense（1）

(dated) A type of close-fitting jacket worn by sailors.

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.

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Sense（2）

A semiformal lightweight jacket, usually made of nylon, with striped cuffs and neck, similar to an MA-1 flight jacket.

Sense（3）

(US, medicine, slang) A hospital gown.

monkey jackets

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