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ETON JACKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eton jacket mean?
• ETON JACKET (noun)
The noun ETON JACKET has 1 sense:
1. a jacket hanging to the waist and cut square at the bottom
Familiarity information: ETON JACKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A jacket hanging to the waist and cut square at the bottom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Eton jacket" is a kind of...):
jacket (a short coat)
Context examples
He had dressed himself fully, before going off, in his usual school suit of black Eton jacket and dark grey trousers.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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