DCHP-1 Online

parkee park(e)y, parki

• n. a hooded outer garment of fur or other material.

  See also: parka (def. 1)  

  • These spelling variants testify to a pronunciation often heard in the North.

  • 1899  . . . three figures in parkees looking like hooded night-shirts began in earnest their journey.
  • 1940  This word is usually spelled parka, but I am spelling it the way it is always pronounced. The parky is a loose-fitting garment which is slipped over the head and comes down to about the knees.
  • 1947  Their parkis cane down to a V fore and aft. . . . [Yukon Indians].