mess jacket

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mess jacket

noun mess jackets

A double-breasted jacket, part of mess kit. “I often wonder,” he said, “whether I oughtn’t to dress for dinner—when I’m alone ’ere.” ¶ Coote protruded his lips and reflected. “Not full dress,” he adjudicated; “that would be a little excessive. But you should change, you know. Put on a mess jacket and that sort of thing—easy dress […].”

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@misc{mess_jacket_2026,
  title = {mess jacket},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mess%20jacket},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}