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  • noun Plural form of parka.

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Examples

  • Bundled in parkas and blankets, fans returned in force to Citizens Bank Park and saw the city claim its first major sports championship in 25 years.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Many of them were bundled up in parkas and winter coats, staying warm by waving white pom-poms in the air.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Strange that the people came prepared with chairs, or blankets to sit on the gigantic lawn, and they had ice chests full of drinks, but most did not bring plastic rain parkas, umbrellas or at least rain hats?

    Think Progress » BREAKING: North Korea Test Launches Missiles 2006

  • And yet, there are still news reporters standing out there in parkas with nerf-covered microphones.

    inkblurt · I guess they’re serious (Katrina) 2005

  • It was getting dark, and stormy, or we'd all have dressed in parkas and hurried outside.

    Excerpt: Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner 2004

  • Sometimes the hazards are visual distractions, like the time Mary and I saw girls in parkas when the temperature was near eighty degrees.

    Driving 2001

  • Sometimes the hazards are visual distractions, like the time Mary and I saw girls in parkas when the temperature was near eighty degrees.

    Driving 2001

  • They’d be in parkas and beanies, well for Vik it’d be a (toc) being from Toronto.

    CHUCK Interview: Zachary Levi and Joshua Gomez – Collider.com 2010

  • It was 23 degrees at gametime, making for frosty breaths on the field and putting the Patriots cheerleaders in parkas.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • Let me say that I know that supply is an area of great expertise and importance -- (applause) -- but just looking around the crowd today, it seems to me that the parkas are a little unevenly distributed.

    Remarks By The President To Troops In Korea ITY National Archives 1998

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