bush jacket
noun
a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
Origin of bush jacket
1First recorded in 1935–40
- Also called bush coat, bush shirt, safari jacket.
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How to use bush jacket in a sentence
"I'll show you," Homer said, stuffing extra clips in his bush jacket pockets.
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British Dictionary definitions for bush jacket
bush jacket
noun
a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
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