bomber jacket

noun

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

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If yes, scroll onward for eight bomber jacket outfits to help get your wheels turning. Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2025 Complete the look with a Sea bomber jacket, then ground with over-the-knee boots. Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025 The star also wore a colorful bomber jacket and added pink round sunglasses. Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025 The André x Elho capsule is part of the winter 2025-26 collection, whose novelties include a down version of Elho’s bomber jacket, anointed the Astro and boasting 90 percent recycled down and a high-quality ripstop fabric. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 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 13 Oct. 2025.

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