smoking jacket
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ ˈdʒækɪt/
- Archaic
:
chaqueta de fumar
- After dinner, he slipped into his favorite smoking jacket to relax in front of the fire.
- velvet smoking jacket
- silk smoking jacket
- wearing a smoking jacket
And he comes back with a white smoking jacket, I think, which is not what I want to wear.
- And he comes back with a white smoking jacket, I think, which is not what I want to wear.
Examples
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When Pitt arrived, Micah Drummond was already there, dressed in a smoking jacket, as if he had just left his own fireside, and looking cold and sad.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then, I'll need a satin smoking jacket and a giant brown leather chair.
Blog text (2) -
And he comes back with a white smoking jacket, I think, which is not what I want to wear.
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The guy in the white smoking jacket.
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Where is my smoking jacket?
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We also bought the smoking jacket and borrowed the pipe.
Blog text (13) -
Is that a smoking jacket you're wearing?
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Lounging around in my smoking jacket, reading books all day is what the darker months are all about.
Blog text (32) -
A tall, slender man with a smoking jacket and a mustache opens the door.
Fiction book (1997) -
Moments later, she emerged in the black smoking jacket and pants with a black satin stripe up each leg.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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1.0
A short coat that reaches the waist or hips and fastens at the front
A soft jacket a man wears at home often tied with a belt
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositionally derived: 'smoking' modifies 'jacket' to indicate a jacket worn for smoking, so a learner who knows both words will infer it is a type of jacket associated with smoking. Minor cultural details (velvet, tie belt, worn at home) are additional specifications but not necessary for understanding the core meaning.
Etymology
Smoking jacket began as a short, soft jacket men put on at home while smoking a pipe or cigar to protect their clothes from ash and smoke. That's why the name now means a comfortable, often velvet jacket with a tie belt worn at home for relaxing.