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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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Model Luna Lovebad walked out in a baby pink bubble coat dress featuring motifs that drew on what is maybe the most famous lowrider in the city: the Gypsy Rose, a 1964 Chevy Impala.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2023

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

Doria Ragland looked absolutely beautiful in her pale green embroidered coat dress with matching beret.

From BBC May 19, 2018

The first model down Keller’s runway wore what appeared to be a midnight blue coat dress with metallic buttons.

From Washington Post Oct. 1, 2017

One spring, she, in some way, was persuaded by another girl to have her coat, dress and hat all in browns that harmonized.

From The Girl in Her Teens by Slattery, Margaret

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