MACKINAW BLANKET • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Mackinaw blanket

... hand which I was dreaming of was that of the hospitable general searching for my pocket-book. It was late when I opened my eyes—and, lo! the sleepers were gone, with the boat, my boots, my coat, my hat, and, I soon found, with my money I had been left alone, with a greasy Mackinaw blanket, and as in my stupefaction I gazed all round, and up and down, I saw my pocket-book empty, which the generous general had humanely left to me to put other notes in, 'when I could get any.' I kicked it ...

— Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet • Captain Marryat