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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.
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Otis says he was wearing a tan jacket similar to one described by witnesses.
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Basosila Botala is wearing a blue rain jacket despite the sweltering heat.
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I settle for a sweater and jacket and throw a tie in my briefcase just in case it turns out to be the prom.
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Micah is 10 years old and he had a coat geared to the season, a Patagonia winter jacket with a hood.
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The estimated ship date of the gadget is December 2014—perfect timing to say sayonara to smoking forever.
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He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
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Columbus found the natives of San Salvador smoking after this manner.
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When Cortez made conquest of Mexico in 1519 smoking seemed to be a common as well as an ancient custom among the natives.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
In 1629 he found the Hurons smoking the dried leaves and stalks of the Tobacco plant or petune.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.
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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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