DCHP-3

parkee

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Spelling variants:
park(e)y, parki

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

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].