jacket
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Definitions & Usage
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
(military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
(Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father.
(transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. And you know with my jacket I can't go back to jail.”
— 1995 September 13, Richard Price, Spike Lee, 00:27:05 from the start, in Clockers, spoken by Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks; distributed by Universal Pictures:
“Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years.”
— 1995 September 13, Richard Price, Spike Lee, 00:43:50 from the start, in Clockers, spoken by Rocco Klein (Harvey Keitel), 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks; distributed by Universal Pictures:
“‘None of your gab, I tell you! If you speak another word, I'll have you jacketed[…]!’”
— 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, volume VII, Fragment: