covert coat
Britishnoun
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He is chiefly known for trailing round after Farage in the classic Farage costume – the classic being the covert coat, made of tan stuff with a dark-brown velvet collar.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2018
For autumn and spring the tan covert coat is in vogue.
From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Walter Germain
She wore, too, the covert coat I remembered from the day I saw her first from the wall.
From The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson
These consisted of a long covert coat, a still longer pair of yellow knitted stockings, and a pair of pumps.
From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville
On top of them descended from the waggon on high a flame-coloured shock of hair surmounting a freckled face, a covert coat, a kummerbund, and cloth gaiters.
From From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War by G. W. (George Warrington) Steevens
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