letter jacket
North American
noun
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.
Origin
1930s.
- make hard work of
- make haste
- make hay (while the sun shines)
- make head or tail of
- make heavy weather of
- make history
- make it a rule to do something
- make it big
- make it (or things) hot for
- make it snappy
- makeless
- make light of
- make light work of
- make like
- make little of
- make love
- Makem
- make merry
- make mincemeat of
- makemono
- make much of
- make nice (or nice-nice)
- make no bones about
- make no mistake (about it)
- make no secret of something