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Definition of "pea-jacket" []

  • A thick loose double-breasted woolen jacket, or coat, commonly worn by sailors in cold weather. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "pea-jacket" in a sentence
  • "In what had to be a nano-second, I looked down and saw my glasses and the stick sliding down the front of my pea-jacket (yes, I was wearing a heavy wool coat in this mob)."
  • "But, Jake was walking funny, sort of crouched over with something large under his pea-jacket."
  • "Observe, "he went on impatiently," that the man wears a pea-jacket, with brass buttons, which is seldom seen except on sea-faring men."