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Mao jacket

noun

  1. a plain, shirtlike jacket, usually blue or gray, with pockets and a high collar, worn by Mao Zedong and universally adopted in the People's Republic of China during his regime.


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Origin of Mao jacket1

First recorded in 1965–70

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