letter-jacketed
adjEtymology From letter jacket + -ed.
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US Wearing a letter jacket.
- The original film had Soviet shock troops invading the United States — the bipolar Cold War was still in geopolitical play, of course — and they are eventually defeated by a flannel-shirted and letter-jacketed posse of patriotic and exceedingly attractive Colorado farm kids.2012 November 21, Mark McDonald, “Remake of ‘Red Dawn’ Changes Its Political Hue”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2012:
- While Kyle (a blond, letter-jacketed, frat boy Evan Peters) and Zoe make googly eyes at each other through a random ice sculpture, Madison is upstairs getting gang-raped by Kyle’s frat brothers.2013 October 9, Chris Jancelewicz, “‘American Horror Story: Coven’ Premiere Recap: ‘Bitchcraft’ Sets The Tone”, in The Huffington Post, New York, N.Y.: TheHuffingtonPost.com, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2019:
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- About 10 minutes into Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, three letter-jacketed young men file into a diner kitchen where Pee-wee is gleefully filling the patrons’ orders – clad, of course, in his signature grey suit and red bowtie.2016 March 21, David Alm, “Review: Pee-wee's Big Holiday Is Pee-wee's Big Subversion”, in Forbes, Jersey City, N.J., archived from the original on 28 Mar 2016: