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单词 shell jacket
释义

shell jacket


noun

a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.

Origin of shell jacket

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby shell jacket

shellfish, shellfishery, shellflower, shell game, shell gland, shell jacket, shell-like, shell out, shell pink, shell program, shellproof
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Example sentences from the Web for shell jacket

  • His shell-jacket was as much too little for him as he was too big for the premises.

    The Personal History of David Copperfield |Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for shell jacket

shell jacket

noun

an army officer's waist-length mess 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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