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matinée jacket

matinée jacket noun: a short coat for a baby, similar to a cardigan.

matinée jacket: a short coat for a baby, similar to a cardigan
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Noun

matinée jacket (plural matinée jackets)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A short coat for a baby, similar to a cardigan.
    • “I just can't see you with wool and needles,” she said in amusement one day on the phone when Kerry told her she was halfway through a tiny white matinée jacket.2007, Cathy Kelly, Best of Friends, →ISBN, page 440
    • She gestured to her knitting. "I'm just running her up a little matinée jacket." .2010, Madeleine Wickham, Cocktails For Three, →ISBN

Forms of matinée jacket

pluralmatinée jackets
alternative formmatinee jacket

Questions about matinée jacket

What does matinée jacket mean?
Matinée jacket means a short coat for a baby, similar to a cardigan.
What part of speech is matinée jacket?
Matinée jacket is a noun.
What is the plural of matinée jacket?
The plural of matinée jacket is matinée jackets.

Words near matinée jacket in the dictionary

  1. matinée
  2. matinée coat
  3. matinée coats
  4. matinée idol
  5. matinée idols
  6. matinée jacket
  7. matinée jackets
  8. matinées
  9. matipo
  10. matipos
  11. matis

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