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Barbour jacket

British  
/ ˈbɑːbə /

noun

  1. a hard-wearing waterproof waxed jacket

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mr. Sunak plans to present two gifts to Mr. Biden: a personalized Barbour jacket and a copy of a book by Mr. Biden’s great-great-grandfather Christopher Biden written in the mid-1800s.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

When Mr. Muhamad’s store went up in flames, he lost nearly $10,000 worth of merchandise, including a Barbour jacket he’d listed on Grailed for $180 and a Bape jacket, for $590.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

My mum recently insisted on buying me a coat, but only because she was so fed up with the old Barbour jacket I had been wearing.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2020

A-Macc remembers seeing him for the first time: "He had a Barbour jacket on, skinny jeans and a white school shirt, and his hair slicked back. But he was so funny."

From BBC ● May 16, 2019

On the way, they spotted an old man, in a tattered Barbour jacket, attempting to withdraw large sums of money from an A.T.M.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 18, 2019

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