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pea jacket

pea jacket noun: a short woollen overcoat, originally as worn by sailors; a pea coat.

Noun

pea jacket (plural pea jackets)

  1. A short woollen overcoat, originally as worn by sailors; a pea coat.
    • Since furs are unknown here, I decided to put on a pea-jacket [translating Schifferkutte] which we had brought with us as a joke.1962, JW Goethe, translated by WH Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 186

Forms of pea jacket

pluralpea jackets

Origin of pea jacket

Probably from Dutch pijjakker, from pij (“coat of coarse cloth, cowl”) + jekker (“jacket”). Compare also later pea coat.

Words formed from pea jacket

Questions about pea jacket

What does pea jacket mean?
Pea jacket means a short woollen overcoat, originally as worn by sailors; a pea coat.
What part of speech is pea jacket?
Pea jacket is a noun.
What is the plural of pea jacket?
The plural of pea jacket is pea jackets.

Words near pea jacket in the dictionary

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  2. pea gravel
  3. pea gravels
  4. pea green
  5. pea greens
  6. pea jacket
  7. pea jackets
  8. pea lice
  9. pea louse
  10. pea moth
  11. pea moths

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