car coat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of car coat
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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And a black car coat has been reimagined with a fluted waist and bell sleeves, a more feminine version of itself.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2022
I had dresses, heels, even a vintage pink car coat I had bought at a thrift store the winter I was pregnant; it was the only coat I could find to button around my waist.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2022
Wandering further, I zeroed in on a lavender astrakhan car coat hanging next to faded jeans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2016
“That look right there,” he said, pointing to a model clad in a nubbly gray car coat, blue trousers, blue patterned scarf and white sweater, “was inspired by a photograph I have of Montgomery Clift.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2015
His blood pressure was surging, and inside his car coat his body began to drip with sweat.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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