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Meanings of mess jacket in English

Russian
тужурка
Spanish
chaquetilla
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Formal or semi-formal, open-front, waist-length dress jacket of military origin.

        тужурка
        Usage of mess jacket in English
        1
        Over that matter of the mess jacket, I mean.
        Right Ho, Jeeves
        2
        Of course, you have not got your full kit yet; but you will want a mess jacket and waistcoat.
        At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
        3
        He lit two candles, blew out the lamp, and throwing aside his mess jacket, yawned and stretched himself extensively.
        The Great Amulet
        4
        He almost fell over the drinks cart that was being wheeled along by a low- browed man in a white mess jacket.
        The Shining
        5
        "Quite all right," the man in the white mess jacket said.
        The Shining
        6
        "You're all wrong about that mess jacket, Jeeves."
        Right Ho, Jeeves
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