bush jacket


noun
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1935–40

Words Nearby bush 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
  1. a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt

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