dust coat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On the shelves in the American Corner at the university library, thick layers of dust coat copies of “GMAT for Dummies” and “Exploring Corporate Strategy.”
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2011
"Those are the lights of Harwich, I suppose," said the secretary, pulling on his dust coat.
From His Last Bow by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Lord Tybar, in a dust coat and a sleek bowler hat of silver grey, sat in the driver's seat.
From If Winter Comes by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
He was ever ready to talk with Janice Day, however, and he came out of the paddock now, in his old dust coat and broad-brimmed hat, smiling cordially at her.
From How Janice Day Won by Long, Helen Beecher
She had a light dust coat of pongee silk, though Jim had told her there was a warmer coat in the car if she should want it.
From Patty's Suitors by Wells, Carolyn
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