dress coat
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of dress coat
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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I also landed on an outfit: a black dress coat, green turtleneck sweater dress, black leggings and black heeled boots.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022
He shows me one of his first designs, a black dress coat with a woven gold dragon.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2022
Dressed in a white dress coat and removing a face mask before testifying, Jane remained on the witness stand for over four hours for the government.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022
A post from January 2016 shows Chung in a bow-tied navy blue dress coat.
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2018
From inside the Oval Office, Kennedy’s aides watched the president, in his long dress coat, pace back and forth on the wet grass.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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