mess-jacket

The blood had soaked through the white mess-jacket that

The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly

He opened the front of his mess-jacket and produced a little lace handkerchief, a glove and a powder-puff.

The Winds of the World Talbot Mundy 1909

She knew the country of her service well enough to be prepared for anything at any hour of the day or night -- and she was barely surprised when, two minutes later, Desmond stood before her in his forage cap, his sword buckled on over his mess-jacket and held high to prevent it from clanking.

Captain Desmond, V.C. Maud Diver 1906

Close on five o'clock Desmond re-entered the bungalow; his scarlet kummerbund disordered; his white mess-jacket in a hundred creases; yet alert and ready in every fibre for the day's march that lay before him.

Captain Desmond, V.C. Maud Diver 1906

Both laughed inordinately at each repetition of the mild joke: and if the C.B. blazing on the General's mess-jacket, and the little lady's full-grown daughter contrasted oddly with their passing display of childishness, both were serenely blind to the fact.

The Great Amulet Maud Diver 1906

So he hooked the dark collar of his new mess-jacket, and went to dinner like a prince who has newly inherited his father's crown.

The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900

She tapped with a reproachful fan the scarlet sleeve of his thin serge mess-jacket, her appraising eye busy with the badges worn on the dark green roll-collar and the miniature medals and star.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

But the man in the white mess-jacket barred his way.

The Lost Road Richard Harding Davis 1890

In the alert, confident young man in the English mess-jacket, clean-shaven and bronzed by the suns of the equator, the detective saw no likeness to the pale, bearded bank clerk of the New England city.

The Lost Road Richard Harding Davis 1890

The coat was cut something like an army mess-jacket and the style suited her.

Chance A Tale in Two Parts Joseph Conrad 1890