单词 | letter jacket |
释义 | > as lemmasletter jacket letter jacket n. North American a blouson-style jacket, in school or college colours, on which a cloth initial letter is embroidered or sewn, originally to indicate achievement in sport (cf. sense 3b). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > other duffel coat1683 duffel jacket1732 petenlair1753 grego1767 wamus1805 camisole1816 over-jacket1830 matinee1851 Zouave1859 paletot1863 blazer1880 Norfolks1902 letter sweater1914 letter jacket1934 bomber jacket1940 shirt-jac1944 samfu jacket1955 guru jacket1966 Mao jacket1967 1934 Lockhart (Texas) Post-Reg. 8 Feb. In the contest to see who the first girl would be to wear a letter jacket, Estelle Blunt won. The owner's initials are B. S. and it is NOT Bruno Schroeder's. 1974 J. Irving 158-Pound Marriage ii. 35 He wore a blatant college letter-jacket, black with leather sleeves and a thick, oversized gold ‘I’ on the breast. 1985 New Yorker 28 Jan. 66/2 In Bydalek's classroom sat twenty gangly examples of the modern yeoman class, wearing letter jackets, their hair teased and blow-dried, their faces happily expectant. 2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Oct. 55/1 The ninth-grade bully..in the letter jacket. < as lemmas |
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