mackinaw
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- mackinawed adjective
Etymology
Origin of mackinaw
First recorded in 1755–65; spelling variant of Mackinac
Example Sentences
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“Busia and I entered the forest. She and I went alone, nearly a century apart but also together. … We disappeared into the dense forests. She wore a cape. I wore a mackinaw jacket.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2023
My grandfather, as a rank seaman, wore a wool mackinaw, a family heirloom now in the possession of my brother, who lives in Maryland, where he never has to deal with 13 below.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2014
Playing on Broadway, he still wore mackinaw, rubber shoes, woolen shirt.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the way he shrugged and scowled, it seemed the President blamed his bulky green mackinaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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