Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A short double-breasted coat of heavy woolen material, in form resembling a short top-coat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thick loose double-breasted woolen jacket, or coat, commonly worn by sailors in cold weather; a pea-jacket.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
pea coat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket
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Examples
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I didn't know what a "peacoat" was until I got here - and fitting a coat is utterly different from fitting a shirt or jacket.
A Harvard Law School seminar: "What to Wear in Winter Climates." Ann Althouse 2006
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A young woman in a red peacoat glances up at the display in horror.
Metro after Midnight: 17 minutes Annys Shin 2011
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He's decked out in a blue button-up, jeans and a peacoat, and packaged with an exclusive Cullen family crest.
The Next Object Of Your ‘Twilight’ Obsession: Edward Cullen Dolls » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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At men's fashion week in Milan and Paris, an emerging trend is brightly colored overcoats, including a pink peacoat at Jil Sander and raspberry and mustard-yellow overcoats at Burberry and Bottega Veneta.
Coats of Many Colors (For Men) Ray A. Smith 2011
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Hail our life, our sweetness, and our hope that soon his month on dry land would be up, and he would return to the rigs, his gear packed in the kitbag, his peacoat buttoned to the collar.
three for the christmas James Claffey 2011
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Wearing a dark peacoat and a flowing denim skirt down to her toes, a white scarf covering her hair, she smiled as she surveyed the massive crowd.
A Week After Mubarak's Ouster, Most Egyptians Are Jubilant 2011
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I loved when she was on the net and it said the gray peacoat … GOOD JOBI also saw a really funny parody posted on twihard and thirty i was laughing so hard i cried.
Twilight Lexicon » M Squared Productions Twilight Parody 2009
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If you prefer not to wear a full-length coat, consider a peacoat-style rain jacket in water-repellent fabric or shiny vinyl.
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As it got colder, he started showing up in more layers, a brown corduroy suitcoat, then a black peacoat.
White girl/boy angst 2010
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She was wearing a yellow peacoat, red lipstick, and had her hair pinned back in a wave.
Her and Me and You Lauren Strasnick 2010
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