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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Playing on Broadway, he still wore mackinaw, rubber shoes, woolen shirt.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was sitting humped over, with his hands jammed deep in the pockets of his patched and worn mackinaw.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls