ragged jacket

noun

, Newfoundland.

1. a young seal that, having lost parts of its initially white fur, presents a parti-colored or piebald appearance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ragged jacket¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The wifie took his ragged jacket and mended it, dropped a tear in an impossible hole, and a ha'penny in the one good pocket.

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Grif wiped the tears from his eyes with the cuff of his ragged jacket, and clenched his teeth.

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Grif, without demur, took a long draught, and wiped his lips upon the cuff of his ragged jacket.

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The sedate Jock rolled down his sleeves, rescued a ragged jacket, and stalked in the rear.

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"See yere," said Tom, just turning back a morsel of his ragged jacket to show what really was still a pocket.

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