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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(British) A lightweight rainjacket that can be compressed into a small pocket-sized bag..
And there she was - wearing a dark blue pac-a-mac over a blue brushed-nylon nightdress, topped off with a hairnet. It was as though Death itself had just walked into the kitchen. She always wore the pac-a-mac because a dressing gown would have taken up valuable space in her suitcase.
It was raining hard when the girls came back into the Brownie circle for vespers, and the gaggle of mums gathered in the Drill Hall porch, sweating in their pac-a-macs and listening to the water swishing down the guttering.
I am the only customer in the Perch in possession of a backpack and wearing a pac-a-mac, which I've yet to take off despite the sun coming out.
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Pac-a-mac means (British) A lightweight rainjacket that can be compressed into a small pocket-sized bag..
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And there she was - wearing a dark blue pac-a-mac over a blue brushed-nylon nightdress, topped off with a hairnet. It was as though Death itself had just walked into the kitchen. She always wore the pac-a-mac because a dressing gown would have taken up valuable space in her suitcase.
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