Mackinaw blanket


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Mackinaw blanket

n.
A thick woolen blanket in solid colors or stripes, formerly used in northern and western North America by traders, trappers, and Native Americans.
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Mack′inaw blan`ket



n.
a thick woolen blanket once used widely in the northwestern U.S.
[1815–25, Amer.]
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Noun1.Mackinaw blanket - a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United StatesMackinaw blanket - a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States
mackinaw
blanket, cover - bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"
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