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Eton jacket   /ˈitən dʒˈækət/   Listen
Eton jacket

noun
1.
A jacket hanging to the waist and cut square at the bottom.






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"Eton jacket" Quotes from Famous Books



... the reasons of his devotion to Michael was that Michael's character did not apparently or perceptibly alter. He was very much the same person in his striped convict's blouse as he had been in his Eton jacket. But it is doubtful whether Wentworth had ever realised of what materials that character consisted. Wentworth was of those who never get the best out of men and women, who never divine and meet, but only come into surprised uncomfortable contact with their deeper emotions. Michael's passion ...
— Prisoners - Fast Bound In Misery And Iron • Mary Cholmondeley

... his ankles, so Jack, who was used to knickerbockers, had carefully rolled them to his knee. The result was that most of the time one leg or the other hung dismally down its full length. His jacket was a short roundabout, something like an Eton jacket, and his shirt was soft ...
— The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw • Colonel George Durston



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