Mackinaw coat
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Mackinaw coat
C19: named after Mackinaw, variant of Mackinac
Example Sentences
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Stepping over to my father, I buried my face in his old mackinaw coat.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
In the fall he burned brush piles and raked leaves for Virginia Gatewood, a stick figure at twilight in cloth gloves and a threadbare mackinaw coat ragged at the elbows.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
She slipped her arm through the harness and started towards the shed, Mullendore following with his slouching walk, an unprepossessing figure in his faded overalls, black and white mackinaw coat and woolen cap.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Lockhart, Caroline
Andy was rather surprised when he received, one day, a fine mackinaw coat, of the latest style.
From Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery by Stokes, Roy Eliot
Somehow or other a small portable organ had been secured, and at this a bearded fellow in a mackinaw coat was seated.
From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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