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coatdress

American  
[koht-dres] / ˈkoʊtˌdrɛs /

noun

  1. a tailored dress of medium or heavy fabric, styled like a coat and worn in place of a suit or similar outfit.


Etymology

Origin of coatdress

First recorded in 1910–15; coat + dress

Example Sentences

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She still has the coatdress that she was wearing that day.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2022

On the cover of New York magazine, Carroll is featured wearing the black Donna Karan coatdress that she said she had on when Trump attacked her.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2019

The lure of the bygone is represented at the start, where Thomas Cole’s 1838 painting “The Past” is paired with an 1820s golden silk pelisse, or coatdress.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2016

Snow appeared as an optical blurry print in one short coatdress - and, elsewhere, morphed into the endangered Edelweiss flower as immortalized by the Oscar-winning film.

From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 2016

Snow appeared as an optical blurry print in one short coatdress — and, elsewhere, morphed into the endangered Edelweiss flower as immortalized by the Oscar-winning film.

From US News • Mar. 9, 2016