bomber jacket

noun

: a zippered usually leather jacket with front pockets and knitted cuffs and waistband

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Its current bestsellers include wide-leg trousers, boxy shirts and tailored bomber jackets. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025 From hats to jerseys to bomber jackets, lots of the Blue Jays gear nodded to those previous World Series trips. Eric Koreen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 Buzz Aldrin, an Apollo astronaut and original NASA influencer, was spotted in an Alpha Industries’ bomber jacket by company CEO Mike Cirker en route to a flight at Washington Dulles International Airport. Khanh T.l. Tran, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025 Kirundo Sweatshirt Bomber Jacket Add some structured volume to your favorite fall outfit with this hybrid sweatshirt bomber jacket. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bomber jacket

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First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bomber jacket was in 1940

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“Bomber jacket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomber%20jacket. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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