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monkey jacket definition

monkey jacket

Informal a man's short, closefitting jacket; often, specif., mess jacket

Etymology: from the resemblance to coats worn by trained monkeys

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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