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mackinaw

[mak-uh-naw] / ˈmæk əˌnɔ /


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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

Jack Mulhall as the kindly miner never leaves one in doubt as to the heart of gold that throbs beneath his mackinaw.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Oscar had to take a glove off and unbutton his mackinaw to get his gun out.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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