smoking jacket

American  

noun

1. a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.

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smoking jacket British  

noun

1. a man's comfortable jacket of velvet, etc, closed by a tie belt or fastenings, worn at home

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Etymology

Origin of smoking jacket

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

To the left, the outline of three cloaked bodies huddle around a well but the most striking character stands confidently in the centre, heavy fringed and resplendent in a plum-coloured velvet smoking jacket.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024

Thirty-five years later with “Renfield,” Cage is finally playing the genuine article, complete with bloodthirsty fangs and a dapper velvet smoking jacket.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023

Kwan’s crimson tux with “Punk” emblazoned across the back was a custom piece from the L.A. label Goodfight — a smoking jacket version of a cardigan Yeoh’s character, Evelyn, wore in the movie.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023

Wait, there’s Iain Duncan-Smith in a smoking jacket, giving me notes on my 100-stanza poem about a magic breakfast.

From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2020

Slughorn was wearing a tasseled velvet hat to match his smoking jacket.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling