mess jacket

noun

: a fitted waist-length man's jacket worn especially as part of a dress uniform

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Here, Ross’ 1984-era super-padded shoulders take his mess jacket to a cartoonish extreme, but, paired with some sort of baseball cap on backwards, he’s not headed to the Royal Marines’ Christmas ball anyway. Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mess jacket was in 1863

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“Mess jacket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mess%20jacket. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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