smoking jacket

noun

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

Words nearby smoking jacket

smokestack, smokestack industry, smokey, smoking car, smoking gun, smoking jacket, smoking lamp, smoking room, smoking stand, smoking-concert, smoko

Origin of smoking jacket

First recorded in 1875–80

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Examples from the Web for smoking jacket

But when he threw on a smoking-jacket and sauntered over to Hastings' house, he was informed that he had been gone over an hour.
The King in Yellow|Robert W. Chambers
Blackton himself, comfortably dressed in duck trousers and a smoking-jacket, and puffing on a pipe, opened the front door for him.
The Hunted Woman|James Oliver Curwood
Brushing the cigarette ashes from my smoking-jacket, I crossed the room and snatched up the receiver.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930|Various
A minute later Oliver stood meditating in his own room, where he had just donned his smoking-jacket.
The Testing of Diana Mallory|Mrs. Humphry Ward

Mr. Fricker discovered this disconcerting circumstance when he had got into his smoking-jacket and slippers.
The Intrusions of Peggy|Anthony Hope

British Dictionary definitions for smoking jacket

smoking jacket

noun

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

Word Origin for smoking jacket

so called because it was formerly worn for smoking

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smoking jacket

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