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Barbour jacket

British  
/ ˈbɑːbə /

noun

  1. a hard-wearing waterproof waxed jacket

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He was wearing a quilted green/brown Barbour jacket over a beige woollen jumper, with navy chinos and brown leather trainers with white soles.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024

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

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

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

On a recent night, a young woman giggled and texted while an older man in a Barbour jacket leaned like a lone wolf against a column, woolly eyebrows raised.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2013