bomber jacket

noun

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

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The actor also added on a white bomber jacket, a blue sweater, and gray pants, with de Ramon rounding out her look with a brown shearling coat and a suede version of Balenciaga's popular City bag. Hannah Malach, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026 Founded in 1975 and reintroduced in 2021, Avirex’s leather bomber jackets have become a symbol of status and culture in streetwear. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2026 Herno continued to fine-tune its total look proposition, while expanding its key outerwear universe by adding sophisticated metropolitan pieces, including cool faux patent leather bomber jackets, shown with matching pencil skirts, as well as high-neck leather shearlings with off-center zippering. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026 The advent of the Second World War introduced new styles of leather jacket, most notably the A-1 leather flight jacket issued to United States Air Force pilots and the heavier bomber jackets worn by B-17 crews. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2026 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 15 Mar. 2026.

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