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SMOKING JACKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does smoking jacket mean?
• SMOKING JACKET (noun)
The noun SMOKING JACKET has 1 sense:
1. a man's soft jacket usually with a tie belt; worn at home
Familiarity information: SMOKING JACKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man's soft jacket usually with a tie belt; worn at home
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
lounging jacket; smoking jacket
Hypernyms ("smoking jacket" is a kind of...):
loungewear (clothing suitable for relaxation)
Context examples
He wore a semi-military smoking jacket, claret-coloured, with a black velvet collar.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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