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- adjective
clad in garments made ofmackinaw .
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Examples
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It grew louder like some pæan of a viking tribe traversing an ancient wild; it swelled — they were coming nearer; then a row of torches appeared, and another and another, and keeping time with their moccasined feet a long column of gray-mackinawed figures swept in, snow-shoes slung at their shoulders, torches soaring and flickering as their voice rose along the great walls.
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If there were fish in it they were well concealed, but occasional steelhead fishermen stood in their flat-bottomed boats, silhouetted in the Skagit mist like mackinawed wraiths.
Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971
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It grew louder like some pæan of a viking tribe traversing an ancient wild; it swelled -- they were coming nearer; then a row of torches appeared, and another and another, and keeping time with their moccasined feet a long column of gray-mackinawed figures swept in, snow-shoes slung at their shoulders, torches soaring and flickering as their voice rose along the great walls.
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One was slim and well dressed; the other bulky, mackinawed, and lowering of feature.
The Spoilers Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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