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coat dress

British  

noun

  1. a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat

  2. formerly, a dress tailored and styled like a coat

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Outfit details: Zevelyn Jean coat dress, wide leg pants.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Case in point: the tailored coat dress Bella Hadid wore to the 2017 Council of Fashion Designers of America awards.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2021

In January, she requested that Trump submit a DNA sample to determine whether his genetic material is on the black coat dress she said she was wearing during the alleged assault.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2020

According to the AP, Carroll’s lawyer had the coat dress tested in a lab after Carroll filed the defamation suit.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2020

I have reserved it clean on purpose; and I think Aunt Sophia had best wear her last new coat dress, with the lace trimming.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

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