sports jacket

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noun
  1. a jacket, often of textured wool or colorful pattern, with a collar, lapels, long sleeves, and buttons in the front, cut somewhat fuller than the jacket of a business suit, worn with slacks for informal occasions.

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How to use sports jacket in a sentence

  • An impeccably tailored sports jacket becomes an impeccably tailored mini-dress.

    This Is Not a Fashion Spread | Rebecca Dana | September 15, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Marina was about thirty, too dapper, too fastidious, his plaid sports jacket fitting too snugly over his rounded hips.

    The Five Arrows | Allan Chase
  • The Hindu boy was dressed in Western clothes, slacks and a sports jacket.

    The Golden Skull | John Blaine
  • I think sometimes it's a part of his act, like the slightly-out-of-press sports jacket and flannel trousers.

    The Trouble with Telstar | John Berryman
  • She wanted to be indispensable to him and was unwilling to let him grow up (the sports jacket).

  • Over the back of one of the chairs was a sports jacket which he recognized as his own.

    Pursuit | Lester del Rey

British Dictionary definitions for sports jacket

sports jacket

noun
  1. a man's informal jacket, made esp of tweed: worn with trousers of different material: Also called (US, Austral, and NZ): sports coat

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