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  • noun UK A lightweight waterproof parka.

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  • noun lightweight parka; waterproof

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  • "The beauty of Pakistan is that you don’t know that they’re going to do this. Although it seems fairly typical, there’s also a good chance they could crumple like a paper cagoule."

    - King Cricket, Quite simply the most watchable side in cricket, kingcricket.co.uk, 5 Nov 2009.

    November 5, 2009

  • "I left Stockwell in cagoule and cashmere pullover, but as I gain Putney Bridge I strip to my own T-shirt and sit at a zinc-topped table outside a branch of Carluccio's, sipping a latte and eating an almond pastry."

    Psychogeography by Will Self, 28

    October 11, 2010

  • No storm makes a proud Frenchman snool

    No matter how windy and cruel.

    Courage, mon ami!

    With Gallic esprit

    Look cool in your boots and cagoule!

    April 2, 2018