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noun

Parkee, Parka n.

An outer garment made of the skins of birds or mammals, worn by Eskimos, etc.

A coat with a fur lining and a hood, used for protection in very cold weather.

Hence: Any of a variety of jackets with attached hoods, usually of very warm or waterproof construction so as to provide protection from cold or rainy weather.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Parkee" Quotes from Famous Books

... time to George before it was his turn; but when he finally stepped into place, the nervousness that had made the wait almost unbearable disappeared completely. The hood of his fur parka had dropped back, and his yellow hair, closely cropped that it should not curl and "make a sissy" of him, gleamed golden in the sunlight above a face that, usually rosy and smiling, was now ...

— Baldy of Nome • Esther Birdsall Darling

... sees in the cradle-board or frame "the child of geography and of meteorology," and in its use "a beautiful illustration of Bastian's theory of 'great areas.'" In the frozen North, for example, "the Eskimo mother carries her infant in the hood of her parka whenever it is necessary to take it abroad. If she used a board or a frame, the child would perish with ...

— The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought • Alexander F. Chamberlain