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parkee
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:park(e)y, parki
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a hooded outer garment of fur or other material.
See: parka(def. 1)
These spelling variants testify to a pronunciation often heard in the North.
Quotations
1899
. . . three figures in parkees looking like hooded night-shirts began in earnest their journey.
1940
This word is usually spelled parka, but I am spelling it the way it is always pronounced. The parky is a loose-fitting garment which is slipped over the head and comes down to about the knees.
1947
Their parkis cane down to a V fore and aft. . . . [Yukon Indians].