matinee jacket

A form of matinée jacket — A short coat for a baby, similar to a cardigan.

Meanings

nounmatinee jacket (plural matinee jackets)

plural matinee jackets

  1. alternativeAlternative form of matinée jacket.

    The loveliest little matinee jacket for a baby can be made of thin silk trimmed with Italian Quilting.

    2014, Lillie London, Lillie London's Needlework Book, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    I'll feel silly fronting up to George Hocken and asking him for the loan of a baby matinee jacket," I complained. "And I don't know where he lives anyway."

    2014, Margaret Pearce, Caught In Willaburra, →ISBN

    The Martin Report, a document containing new evidence against the Crown's case, was dismissed, and not until Azaria's missing matinee jacket was found in February 1986 was the need for a judicial inquiry established.

    1994, Helen Birch, Moving Targets: Women, Murder and Representation, →ISBN, page 68
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Chicago

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