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Affenjacke
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German
Etymology
de :af Affe -n- Jacke
de Affe -n- Jacke
Pronunciation
de [ˈʔafənˌjakə]
Noun
f ^chen
monkey jacket, shell jacket
de Albert Emil Brachvogel de Friedemann Bach https://books.google.com/books?id=MsQNAAAAQAAJ 1858 Otto Janke Berlin 51 https://books.google.com/books?id=MsQNAAAAQAAJ&hl=de&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q&f=false Diese verdammte Manier bringt uns ganz herunter, und wenn wir hier unser Brot nicht verlieren wollen, müssen wir selber die Affenjacke anziehen. This damned fashion is bringing us all down, and if we don't want to lose our bread here, we have to put on the monkey jackets ourselves.
Declension
f
de Clothing