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Speakers of American English sometimes informally use the words jacket and coat interchangeably. [3] The word is cognate with Spanish jaco and Italian giacca or giacchetta, first recorded around 1350s. It is ultimately loaned from Arabic shakk (شكّ), which in turn loaned from Aramaic and Hebrew shaḳḳ (שַׁקּ). [4]
Manflor (combination of the English loanword "man" and the word flor meaning "flower") and its variant manflora (a play on manflor using the word flora) are used in Mexico and in the US to refer, usually pejoratively, to a lesbian. (In Eastern Guatemala, the variation mamplor is used.) It is used in very much the same way as the English word ...
1950s Harrington jacket designed as workwear for truckers.Note the external pockets similar to an ike jacket.. The first Harrington-style jackets were claimed to be made in the 1930s by the British clothing company, Baracuta.
Two guayaberas seen from the back, showing the alforza pleats and the Western-style yoke. The guayabera (/ ɡ w aɪ. ə ˈ b ɛr ə /), also known as camisa de Yucatán (Yucatán shirt) in Mexico, is a men's summer shirt, worn outside the trousers, distinguished by two columns of closely sewn pleats running the length of the front and back of the shirt.
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The donkey jacket is derived from the wool sack coat worn by workers in the 19th century, and the Oxford English Dictionary references the term as first used in 1929: "one with leather shoulders and back". [2] The jacket usually has two capacious side pockets, and sometimes an inside "poacher's pocket".
A shooting jacket is a type of sport coat worn, as the name suggests, originally while participating in the sports of shooting or hunting. It usually comes with a leather patch on the front shoulder to prevent recoil wear from the butt of a shotgun or rifle, and frequently has matching leather patches on the elbows.
Charro suit from early 20th century. A charro or charra outfit or suit (traje de charro, in Spanish) [1] is a style of dress originating in Mexico and based on the clothing of a type of horseman, the charro.