pac-a-mac
nounEtymology Originally a brand name coined in 1949 as a shortening of "pack a macintosh".
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UK A lightweight rainjacket that can be compressed into a small pocket-sized bag.
- And there she was - wearing a dark blue pac-a-mac over a blue brushed-nylon nightdress, topped off with a hairnet. It was as though Death itself had just walked into the kitchen. She always wore the pac-a-mac because a dressing gown would have taken up valuable space in her suitcase.2003, Eric Goulden, A Dysfunctional Success: The Wreckless Eric Manual, page 20:
- 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.2011, Kate Harrison, Brown Owl's Guide To Life:
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- 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.2017, Tom Chesshyre, From Source to Sea: