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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

jack·et / ˈjakit/ • n. an outer garment extending either to the waist or the hips, typically having sleeves and a fastening down the front. ∎ an outer covering, esp. one placed around a tank or pipe to insulate it. ∎ a metal casing for a bullet. ∎ the skin of a potato: potatoes cooked in their jackets. ∎ the dust jacket of a book. ∎ a record sleeve. ∎ a steel frame fixed to the seabed, forming the support structure of an oil production platform. • v. (jack·et·ed , jack·et·ing ) [tr.] cover with a jacket.

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jacket

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

jacket XV. — OF. ja(c)quet, dim. of jaque JACK2; see -ET.

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jacket

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

jacket n. a metal casing for a bullet.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

jacket •adit •bandit, pandit •accredit, credit, edit, subedit •Chindit • conduit •audit, plaudit •pundit • refit • misfit • benefit •profit, prophet, soffit •forfeit • outfit • Tophet • photofit •buffet, tuffet •comfit • counterfeit • surfeit • agate •margate, target •frigate • Tlingit • hogget •drugget, nugget •Brigitte • gadget • eejit •Bridget, digit, fidget, midget, widget •budget •Blackett, bracket, jacket, packet, placket, racket •blanket • gasket • bedjacket •straitjacket • lifejacket • leatherjacket •downmarket, market, upmarket •basket, casket •breadbasket • Euromarket •Newmarket • hypermarket •Becket, Beckett •cricket, midwicket, picket, picquet, piquet, pricket, snicket, thicket, ticket, wicket •trinket •biscuit, brisket, frisket •identikit •brocket, crocket, Crockett, docket, locket, pocket, rocket, socket, sprocket •airpocket • pickpocket • skyrocket •toolkit •bucket, Nantucket, tucket •Blunkett, junket •musket • rust bucket •circuit, short-circuit

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	Jackets: the new deal. (Fashion).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement) Magazine article from: O, The Oprah Magazine; 3/1/2002
	Jacket of dreams.(Flair) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 7/30/1996
	Fashion : Warming to jackets.(Features) Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 3/19/2005