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▪ I. † ˈHarrington Obs. exc. Hist.
A brass farthing token, coined by John, Lord Harrington, under a patent granted him by James I in 1613.
[‘Now [1613] my lord Harrington obtained a Patent from the King for the making of Brasse Farthings, a thing that brought with it some contempt though lawfull.’ Spark 1st 14 Years Jas. I (1651) i. xxix. 56.]
1616B. Jonson Devil an Ass ii. i. 83, I will not bate a Harrington o' the summe. 1632― Magn. Lady iv. iii. a1639Wotton Let. 12 Aug. in Rel. Wott. (1672) 558, I have lost four or five friends, and not gotten the value of one Harrington.
▪ II. Harrington, n.2
Brit. |ˈharɪŋt(ə)n|, U.S. |ˈhɛrɪŋt(ə)n|
[‹ the name of Rodney Harrington, a character featured in the U.S. television series Peyton Place (first broadcast in 1964), who wore this type of jacket.]
A short, lightweight jacket with a collar and zipped front, typically with a tartan or check-patterned lining. Also more fully Harrington coat, Harrington jacket.
This style of jacket was made popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s by mods and skinheads.
1982N. Knight Skinhead 37/3 Harringtons started with suedeheads—part of the check shirt, Sta-Prest, Royals outfit—and ended with every able-bodied man woman & child by 1973. 1984S. Steward & S. Garrat Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1985) i. 32/1 One of the few women in the gang..dressed like the women in the audience—in Sta-Prest trousers, trilby, and a Harrington jacket. 1995J. Miller Voxpop xiv. 199, I was running around like every other kid in the street with an Harrington on me back and a Specials badge on me lapel. 1998Gloucestershire Echo (Nexis) 30 Oct. 7 For the summer, posties will be offered baseball caps and new regulation shorts, Harrington coats, and waistcoats. 2006Independent (Nexis) 16 Feb. 47, I stopped wearing my Harrington when I was 18 (when I was still pretending to be a mod). |