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mess jacket

noun

Definition of MESS JACKET

:  a fitted waist-length man's jacket worn especially as part of a dress uniform
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First Known Use of MESS JACKET

1878

Rhymes with MESS JACKET

bluejacket, bush jacket, dust jacket, flak jacket, life jacket, straitjacket, wave packet

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