mackinaw

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She wore a faded plaid mackinaw, and arctics half-way up her long, thin legs I hate you, Doug Spencer," she said finally and fiercely, "and I'm glad you're not my real brother I don't see why my father ever married a woman with an ornery brat like you!"

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  1. noun A short, double-breasted coat of heavy, usually plaid, woolen material.
  2. noun The cloth from which such a coat is made, usually of wool, often with a heavy nap.
  3. noun A flatbottom boat with a pointed bow and square stern, once used on the upper Great Lakes.

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  • The questions are mostly about fishing for lake trout (mackinaw). —  North Lake Tahoe Bonanza - Top Stories
  • The mackinaw was introduced to the lake in the 1890s and it remains Tahoe's most dominant fish. —  Tahoe Daily Tribune - Top Stories
  • He rasped the fire from his throat with a harsh, grating sound, drew the back of his hand across his mouth, and kicked contemptuously at the mackinaw which lay almost at his feet As he did so a long, thick envelope, to which was tightly bound the photograph of a girl, slipped from the inner pocket. —  The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest
  • As he was about to step into the canoe Jeanne appeared at the water's edge bearing the mackinaw which he had worn when they drew him from the river Without meeting his glance she extended it toward him, speaking in a low, tense voice In the lining I have sewed them--the papers that fell dripping from your pocket--and the picture. —  The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest
  • "We're all Eth's got--you and me--and she needs us The boy felt a sudden tightening of the muscles beneath the heavy mackinaw, and the quick gasp of an indrawn breath. —  The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest
 

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  1. After Old Mackinac, a fort on the site of present-day and Mackinaw City in northern Michigan.
 

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