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My costume was a sou’wester and a pea jacket over several Melville T-shirts.—
Mary Norris,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026 At less regular intervals, officials provided a quality suit and a thick pea jacket.—
Made By History,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
Word History
Etymology
by folk etymology from Dutch pijjekker, from pij, a kind of cloth + jekker jacket