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mess jacket

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noun

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.

Origin of mess jacket

First recorded in 1890–95
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Examples from the Web for mess jacket

Historical Examples of mess jacket

  • I am convinced that you will eventually learn to love this mess-jacket, Jeeves.

    Right Ho, Jeeves

    P. G. Wodehouse

  • But after what had occurred in connection with that mess-jacket, my lips were sealed.

    Right Ho, Jeeves

    P. G. Wodehouse

  • Besides, after that business of the mess-jacket, anything resembling weakness would have been fatal.

    Right Ho, Jeeves

    P. G. Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for mess jacket

mess jacket

noun

a waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back, worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners
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