pac-a-mac
nounEtymology
Originally a brand name coined in 1949 as a shortening of "pack a macintosh".
Definitions
A lightweight rainjacket that can be compressed into a small pocket-sized bag.
- It was raining hard when the girls came back into the Brownie circle for vespers, and the gaggle of mums gathered in the Drill Hall porch, sweating in their pac-a-macs and listening to the water swishing down the guttering.
- I am the only customer in the Perch in possession of a backpack and wearing a pac-a-mac, which I've yet to take off despite the sun coming out.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA