black-coated
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The Petersen’s vast collection includes classic rides like a copper-colored 1959 Chevrolet Impala lowrider and a black-coated 1932 Ford Roadster.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
Outside the Hyundai building, a massive art exhibition painted the darkest shade of black on earth, black-coated workers checked visitors’ phones.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 25, 2018
Musharraf sacked him, triggering street protests by black-coated lawyers.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2013
Nor do the semi-skilled workshop "hands", the uniformed railway or postal workers, or the myriad low-paid black-coated clerks of the London of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2012
I do, moreover, detest hotel life, and the black-coated varlets that settle, like so many flies, upon your smallest movement.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward
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