Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heavy overcoat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An overcoat; a topcoat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An overcoat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
heavy overcoat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter
Etymologies
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Examples
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His greatcoat was a trifle heavy, and the length of it occasionally got in his way, but he was loath to abandon the perfectly good garment.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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His greatcoat was a trifle heavy, and the length of it occasionally got in his way, but he was loath to abandon the perfectly good garment.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Her usual dress was a shift, with a whole sailroom of frills about the sleeves and bosom, and a heavy pink taffeta petticoat, (gowns being only worn by these fair ones as you put on a greatcoat, that is, when they go abroad,) and a small round apron like a flap of black silk.
Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812
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Adams stood up and presented a figure to the gentleman which would have moved laughter in many; for his cassock had just again fallen down below his greatcoat, that is to say, it reached his knees, whereas the skirts of his greatcoat descended no lower than half-way down his thighs; but the gentleman's mirth gave way to his surprize at beholding such a personage in such a place.
Joseph Andrews Vol 1 Henry Fielding 1730
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~61~~ "I am afraid I have made rather an absurd mistake about that strange garment of yours, Lawless; I suppose it is some new kind of greatcoat, is it not?"
Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil Frank E. Smedley 1835
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"Bill called a greatcoat-clad sergeant over to stand at the fifty-yard target backstop.
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One was male, dressed in a greatcoat over a buttoned-up vest and brown trousers.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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She was speaking to Snaff, Zojja, and Caithe, and judging by her short greatcoat, she was a person of importance.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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He reached beneath his tattered greatcoat and drew forth a cutlass that dripped with black ichor.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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In the two hundred mile forced march across Greece, he had discarded his blanket and greatcoat rather than leave his precious viola.
The Theatre 2010
qms commented on the word greatcoat
He wore a fedora and greatcoat
(Her cigarette swirls a grace note).
The night and the fog part
Of Bacall and Bogart
Being noir on the deck of the late boat.
April 13, 2014