smoking jacket
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noun
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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Origin of smoking jacket
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby smoking jacket
smoke tree, smokey, smoking car, smoking-concert, smoking gun, smoking jacket, smoking lamp, smoking room, smoking stand, smoko, smoky
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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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