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[ pahr -kuh ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpɑr kə / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a fur coat, shirtlike and hooded, for wear in the arctic and other regions of extreme cold.
a hip-length jacket or overshirt with an attached hood, often of wool or of a windproof, water-repellent material lined or trimmed with wool, used by skiers, hunters, the military, etc.
any coat or jacket with a hood, as a hooded raincoat or windbreaker.
Origin of parka 1770–80; (<Aleut or Yupik ) <dialectal Russian párka (<Komi ) <Nenets
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Example sentences from the Web for parka Entrance begins at a steep $20 per person, which covers the cost of gloves and a parka .
Minus5 is New York’s First Ice Bar | Kelsey Meany| July 24, 2013| DAILY BEAST
The parka , obviously once expensive, now showed wear at the elbows and rips at the cuffs.
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They are gazing on with some measure of admiration as Havel speaks, wearing a parka , on the way from prison to the palace.
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Before the parka edge his close cropped hair seemed to rise, and his breath stopped midway in his lungs.
Astounding Stories, February, 1931 | Various
An hour passed and the boy was thankful he had thought to bring his parka .
Connie Morgan in the Fur Country | James B. Hendryx
His eyes had become dull and heavy lidded, and his chin rested heavily upon the throat of his parka .
Snowdrift | James B. Hendryx
The hood of the parka with its fur edged face opening cannot be excelled for head and neck protection.
Touring Afoot | Claude Powell Fordyce
It is the best material of all for the parka , the long, full winter garment of the North.
The Sky Line of Spruce | Edison Marshall
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British Dictionary definitions for parka noun a warm hip-length weatherproof coat with a hood, originally worn by the Inuit
Word Origin for parka C19: from Aleutian: skin
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