greatcoat
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- greatcoated adjective
Etymology
Origin of greatcoat
Example Sentences
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The king, wearing the uniform of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, including a grey greatcoat against the cold, laid a wreath featuring 41 open-style fabric poppies.
From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2023
Members of Metallica, hired by Mr. O’Shea as the new faces of the label, sat in the front row at the show, which culminated with a full-length chinchilla greatcoat right out of “Shaft.”
From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2016
A Chronicler in a dusty bowler and rumpled greatcoat writes it all down.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2016
The coroner's inquest heard that the gun went off, probably because the trigger was caught by part of Pte Davis' greatcoat.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2016
Mr. Cranston, a large, shapeless man anyway, in a bowler hat and his windowpane plaid greatcoat under his life preserver.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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