pea jacket
Meaning
A short woollen overcoat, originally as worn by sailors; a pea coat.
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Etymology
Apparently from pee (“the letter P”) + jacket, perhaps after Dutch pijjakker, though this is only attested much later. Compare also later pea coat.
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