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Word entry · 6 letters

blazer

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"Smart casual jacket"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbleɪzə/Part of speech nounSorted abelrzStarts with BEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2L3A4Z5E6R

Definitions

  1. Smart casual jacket, often single-breasted.

Word origin

From blaze + -er. Originates from the 'blazing' scarlet jackets worn by members of Lady Margaret Boat Club, the rowing club associated with St. John's College, Cambridge. Compare Old English blæsere, blasere (“burner, incendiary”, literally “blazer”).

Used in a sentence

  • blazers of crime
  • These folks don't take kindly to no brash stranger comin' in here tryin' to run a blazer on 'em.
  • Bad, he doubtless was. But when he tried to run a blazer on this grim little cowman, Slaughter had run him.

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