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greatcoat

[ greyt-koht ]

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a heavy overcoat.


greatcoat

/ ˈɡ°ù±ðɪ³ÙËŒ°ìəʊ³Ù /

noun

  1. a heavy overcoat, now worn esp by men in the armed forces
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ°ù±ð²¹³ÙËŒ³¦´Ç²¹³Ù±ð»å, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²µ°ù±ð²¹³Ùc´Ç²¹³Ùe»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of greatcoat1

First recorded in 1655–65; great + coat
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Mr. Cranston, a large, shapeless man anyway, in a bowler hat and his windowpane plaid greatcoat under his life preserver.

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The king, wearing the uniform of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, including a grey greatcoat against the cold, laid a wreath featuring 41 open-style fabric poppies.

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The two minutes' silence that falls after Big Ben sounds sees faces long with memory and grief, none more so than the King, a single poppy blazing out from the blue-grey lapel of his greatcoat.

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Needing work to help his family, Adolfo answered an ad for an apprentice dyer in a business that converted military uniforms and greatcoats to civilian wear.

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Caught by the thinnest of black leather cords at the waist, they bared the back and arms, framed by greatcoats dropped off the shoulders and draped at the elbows like an opera stole.

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