buffcoat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of buffcoat
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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"I don't watch it. But whatever it was, it was on at 7. Buffcoat. And they put it on now at 10:30."
From Fox News
"What is it? Buffcoat and Beaver or Beaver and something else?"
From Fox News
Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood.
From Project Gutenberg
Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all,50 Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood.
From Project Gutenberg
Some wear the embroidered buffcoat over the coat of mail, others beneath it,—neither having yet learned that the buffcoat alone is sabre-proof and bullet-proof also.
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