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Dutch
Etymology
From English shirt-jac.
Noun
shirtjack n (plural shirtjacks, diminutive shirtjackje n)
- (Suriname) short-sleeved, open-collar, single-breasted, four-button men's jacket, sometimes with two narrow bands of vertical folds on the front, usually made of fabric in subdued colours as part of a suit, worn as formal or business wear, without a dress shirt
1970 June 29, “Gooi weg die jas en das. Koloniale tradities: A comedy of manners [Throw away that coat and tie. Colonial traditions: A comedy of manners]”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname, page 1:Jas en das dienen geen enkel doel. Integendeel.! Ze zijn absoluut fout in ons klimaat. De guanese SHIRT-JACS en de surinaamse TAI-BERE'S, DAT zijn vormen van aangepaste kleding, waarop we een traditie kunnen voortbouwen.- Coat and tie do not serve any purpose. On the contrary! They are absolutely wrong in our climate. Guyanese shirt-jacs and Surinamese wraparounds, these are types of appropriate clothing, on which we can build a tradition.
2015 September 18, “Harold Ramdhani een workaholic met een korreltje zout [Harold Ramdhani, a workaholic with a grain of salt]”, in StarNieuws, retrieved 17 November 2020:Hij viel op door zijn robuuste postuur, vol grijs haar, een modieuze bril en was altijd gekleed in shirtjack – lichtbruin, grijs of donkerblauw – vooral te herkennen aan het borduursel van zijn initialen HR op de linker voorzak.- He stood out because of his solid build, his full grey hair, his fashionable glasses and he was always dressed in a shirt-jac – light brown, grey or dark blue – especially recognisable thanks to his initials HR embroidered on the left front pocket.