parkie
Britishnoun
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Elderly ladies chatted to him, a parkie warned him of the rules.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2012
The characteristic garment is the parkie or overshirt, not open in front, however, provided with a hood and made of caribou skin tanned with the hair on.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
The hood of the outer garment worn by Eskimos, termed a parkie, is frequently fringed about the face-opening with the long warm hair of the wolf.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
He wants it to put on over his fur parkie to keep the snow and rain off it, and has himself made the loops and fastenings.
From A Woman who went to Alaska by May Kellogg Sullivan
There I ran at the handle-bars for a time, but at last I threw myself upon the sled among the furs, and pulled a parkie over me.
From A Woman who went to Alaska by May Kellogg Sullivan
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