monkey jacket

Definition

A type of close-fitting jacket worn by sailors.

Example Sentences

• "You bully boys of Liverpool, I'll have you to beware, When you sail on them packet ships, no dungaree jumpers wear; But have a big monkey jacket all ready to your hand, For there blows some cold nor'westers on the Banks of Newfoundland."
• "We were fain to button up our monkey jackets, and hold to our lips cups of scalding tea with our half frozen fingers."
• "We did not even possess "two coats apiece" - our ordinary costume being waterproof monkey jackets, sailor hats with puggarees twined round them, and some simple white muslin or fresh cotton dresses."