The Romance of Words.
BLAZER Though now-regarded almost exclusively as sports wear, blazers originated in the Navy in the days before there was any official uniform for that service. Each ship's crew had its own distinctive coat, which generally had some connection with the name of- the vessel. Members of the crew of the Tiger, for instance, wore coats with black and yellow stripes. But the crew of H.M.S, Blazer just had blue jackets with brass buttons. The adoption of this kind by the St. John’s College (Cambridge) Boating Club led to its general use, and to the use of the word to describe any jacket of that “cut,” whatever the colour.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 122, 16 February 1935, Page 13
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112The Romance of Words. Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 122, 16 February 1935, Page 13
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