mess jacket
- a short, tailless jacket extending to just below the waist, used for semiformal military occasions and now especially as part of the uniform of waiters, bellhops, etc.
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Origin of mess jacket
First recorded in 1890–95
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Historical Examples of mess jacket
I am convinced that you will eventually learn to love this mess-jacket, Jeeves.
Right Ho, JeevesP. G. Wodehouse
But after what had occurred in connection with that mess-jacket, my lips were sealed.
Right Ho, JeevesP. G. Wodehouse
Besides, after that business of the mess-jacket, anything resembling weakness would have been fatal.
Right Ho, JeevesP. G. Wodehouse
mess jacket
- a waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back, worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners
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