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Blue jacket

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a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval uniform.
(Naut.) See under Blue.

See also: Blue Jacket



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It was a blue jacket with brass buttons, quite new.
The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context
A Mexican dragoon, for instance, is represented as arrayed in a round blue jacket, with red cuffs and collar; blue velvet breeches, unbuttoned at the knees to show his white stockings; bottinas of deer skin; a round-crowned Andalusian hat, and his hair cued.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
I will be a sailor; instead of the costume of our fathers, which you despise, I will wear a varnished hat, a striped shirt, and a blue jacket, with an anchor on the buttons.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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