bomber jacket

American  

noun

1. a jacket, often made of leather with ribbed trim, resembling those worn by World War II bomber crews.

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bomber jacket British  

noun

1. a short jacket finishing at the waist with an elasticated band, usually having a zip front and cuffed sleeves

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Example Sentences

Oasis's Noel Gallagher kept it simple on the red carpet, wearing a khaki green bomber jacket.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Rock-star conspicuous in a brown leather bomber jacket, Damiano David struts into a hotel bar in downtown Los Angeles, finds a table near the back and orders an orange juice in his suave Italian accent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

At a backyard disco party he threw recently, Zuckerberg wore a sequin floral bomber jacket over a drapey shirt unbuttoned to the mid-stomach.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024

As if those weren’t enough, our hero in training also sports a bomber jacket conspicuously embroidered with angel wings.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024

Since it looked like it was going to be another hard winter, and since Dad wore nothing but his bomber jacket in even the coldest weather, I decided to get him some warm clothes.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls