单词 | monkey jacket |
释义 | monkey jacketn. 1. A short close-fitting jacket, esp. as worn by sailors. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > close-fitting jackanapes coat1626 waistcoata1628 monkey jacket1822 polka1845 reefing jacket1846 polka jacket1849 monkey coat1859 hug-me-tight1860 reefer1870 jersey1889 reefer coat1901 shrug1957 Nehru jacket1962 1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 16 Mar. 1/5 A striped double-breasted, flannel waistcoat,..about the length of a monkey-jacket. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 241 We always took our monkey-jackets with us. 1866 G. A. Townsend Campaigns Non-combatant 281 A certain youth, in a sort of legal monkey-jacket and with ponderously professional gold seals. 1894 C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 515 In 1889 a monkey jacket took the place of the blue tunic. 1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions xxiii. 226 He..changed his mess-jacket for a comfortable, loose-fitting monkey-jacket. 1950 Sat. Evening Post 24 June 45 Across the table sat another stranger, heavily mustached and wearing a double-breasted monkey jacket. 2. A short, formal dress jacket. Cf. monkey suit n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > short roundabout1812 spencer1831 Eton jacket1850 Eton1885 bum-perisher1889 bum-shaver1889 perisher1889 bolero1892 bum-freezer1929 bum-starver1930 bum-freezer jacket1943 blouson1958 monkey jacket1968 Harrington1982 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > worn by specific people > other jacket1451 bedgowna1806 Melton jacket1823 vaquero1858 Melton1905 monkey jacket1968 Nehru1968 Harrington1982 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 37 Monkey-jacket... Now it refers to a shorter waist-length jacket similar to a bell-boy, middy or mess jacket. 1978 R. Price Ladies' Man 17 An old-time waiter..wore a food-stained chest-high apron under a red monkey jacket. 1979 Gourmet Dec. 8/2 Big white aprons and black monkey jackets—the original uniform of a garçon de café. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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