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sports coat

British  

noun

  1. another name for sports jacket

"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

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A seemingly generic men’s sports coat made from an ultrafine wool harvested from llamalike animals in Bolivia.

From New York Times Jul. 24, 2023

Bald and goateed, Buzz wore a shimmering, red-sequined sports coat that seemed, in places, to have been eaten by plastic-hungry moths.

From Slate May 30, 2023

It was a contrast in styles on the court and on the bench as the younger Pitino sported comfortable attire and gym shoes, while his dad wore a sports coat, slacks and a dress shoes.

From Seattle Times Dec. 18, 2022

Vermillion, wearing a sports coat and gray slacks with his attorneys by his side, appeared for a brief hearing Friday morning in Alexandria before District Court Judge Claude M. Hilton.

From Washington Post Aug. 19, 2022

Short and round and dressed in one of those awful outfits from way back when—bell-bottom pants and a sports coat with enormous lapels.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

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