mackinaw

Example Sentences

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“Busia and I entered the forest. She and I went alone, nearly a century apart but also together. … We disappeared into the dense forests. She wore a cape. I wore a mackinaw jacket.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2023

My grandfather, as a rank seaman, wore a wool mackinaw, a family heirloom now in the possession of my brother, who lives in Maryland, where he never has to deal with 13 below.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2014

Most of them come from New Brunswick�hard-muscled, catfooted lumberjacks who like to wear the loudest mackinaw shirts that money can buy.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wears corduroy breeches, a mackinaw, and a woodsman's boots and cap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stepping over to my father, I buried my face in his old mackinaw coat.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls