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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.


smoking jacket British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of smoking jacket

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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Alongside pieces of art are clothes worn by Hefner, a smoking jacket, silk pyjamas, slippers and tobacco pipe.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024

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

But sharp colors such as Max’s velvet red smoking jacket as well as all costuming really shines during the “Springtime for Hitler” song.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2021

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

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