Definitions for pea-jacket

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pea-jacket pea jacket

IPA: /ˈpiːˌkəʊt/

Pea-Jacket is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in pea-jacket (-aaceejkpt).

Definitions for pea-jacket

noun

1. a short coat of thick wool, usually double-breasted and navy in color, worn by seamen, fishermen, etc.
2. a jacket or short coat styled like this, worn by adults and children.

Origin of pea-jacket

1715-25, Americanism; pea, variant spelling of pay, pee, pie coat of coarse woolen cloth (late Middle English pee, pey, pie; akin to Dutch pij, dialectal Frisian pey, dialectal Swedish paje)

Examples for pea-jacket

His pea jacket had many wrinkles in the back and in front it was inclined to roll up toward his chin.

He hesitated a moment, tossed the pea jacket back on the settee and sat down once more.

My pea jacket is torn and threadbare, my trousers are frayed at the bottom, and of many colours—like Joseph's coat.

As this melancholy figure wended its way among the palms, I could make out the pea jacket and cheese-cutter cap of Captain Kane.

This man "came up" in bell-bottomed trousers and a pea jacket.