noun
Etymology
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Nearby Overcoat Glacier, also in King County, is in the same throes.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2023
Then, in her last book, an autobiographical novel called “City of Angels or The Overcoat of Dr. Freud,” she openly confronted her past.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 5, 2018
Both "Joseph Had a Little Overcoat" and "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" used die-cut holes in the pages to help tell the story.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2012
Maximum points for the most recondite recommendation goes to @Alarming: "The best film I saw was a 10-minute excerpt from Yuri Norstein's 20-years-in-the-making-and-still-not-finished version of The Overcoat – stunning."
From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2010
And then: “Well, we’re going to have to read ‘The Overcoat.’
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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