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Nehru|ˈnɛəruː|
[f. the name of Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964), first Prime Minister of independent India from 1947 to 1964.]
A garment of the style often worn by Nehru, consisting of a long narrow jacket with a high, stand-up collar. Usually attrib., as Nehru coat, Nehru collar, Nehru jacket, Nehru suit, etc.
1967N.Y. Times 24 May 46 Variations on the narrow ‘Nehru’ jacket with the stand-up collar continue. 1967Time 25 Aug. 38 There came the groom,..wearing baggy trousers, a white, Nehru-collar tunic with red trim and cowboy boots. 1968N.Y. Times 6 June 50, I wouldn't wear Nehrus or those damn beads either. 1968Punch 24 July 107/2 In, says an informed source, are ‘the Nehru coat and the Nehru suit’. Gandhi's turn next? 1969C. F. Burke God is Beautiful, Man (1970) 47 A new chain to wear with his turtle neck sweater and Nehru jacket. 1971‘G. Black’ Time for Pirates ii. 33 The man is tall for a Chinese and very thin. He wears a white Nehru jacket over black cotton jeans. 1973Caribbean Contact Feb. 9/4 The Ambassador for the People's Republic of China stands in a corner with the interpreter, wearing a black, Nehru-style shirt. |