sportsjacket

plural sportsjackets

1. alternativeAlternative form of sports jacket.

   The already frail shoulders under the sportsjacket made one feel protective of him but that feeling disappeared as soon as he began to talk.

   2012 October 1, Mark Mazower, “Eric Hobsbawm: the history man”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2013

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   First of all, Leonard wasn’t dressed like a soldier. He was wearing an atomic plum sportsjacket that made him look like part of the trombone section at a Carribbean bar-mitzvah.

   1989 February 26, Tony Kornheiser, “Commentary: Is the Sugar Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns Fight Really a War?”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2025

   Sick of my usual jacket/sweater/coat combinations, I took a turn through my closet one morning and saw an old dark-denim jacket from Helmut Lang (when the man himself helmed the line) that hadn’t seen much use in the last few years. I tossed the sportsjacket back in the closet and put the jean jacket on over my sweater.

   2009 December 23, Bruce Pask, “Feeling For | Denim Jackets, Collars Up”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2010