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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How to use smoking jacket in a sentence

When Craig finally got inside, Klepikov was sitting comfortably in the living room in his underwear and a smoking jacket.
Inside the FBI, Russia, and Ukraine’s failed cybercrime investigation|Patrick Howell O'Neill|July 8, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Pyetushkov came out of the back room in a parti-coloured smoking-jacket with tucked-up sleeves, and a strainer in his hand.
A Desperate Character and Other Stories|Ivan Turgenev
He was also much fatter than when I had seen him last, and he wore a smoking jacket of purple velvet.
The Air Pirate|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Renovales, in a smoking jacket, read the papers, soothed by the charming atmosphere of his quiet home.
Woman Triumphant|Vicente Blasco Ibaez

Ronder was wearing brown kid slippers and a dark velvet smoking-jacket.
The Cathedral|Sir Hugh Walpole
He had on a ragged smoking-jacket, a pair of shapeless old Romeo slippers, his ordinary business waistcoat and trousers.
The Deluge|David Graham Phillips

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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