reefing jacket

British

noun

Also called: reefer. a man's short double-breasted jacket of sturdy wool

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reefing jacket

“And so is mine,” cried Eric, exhibiting the elbows of his reefing jacket, in which a couple of large holes showed themselves.

From Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

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