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kapote
[ kuh-paw-tuh ]
/ kəˈpɔ tə /
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noun
a long coat formerly worn by male Jews of eastern Europe and now worn chiefly by very Orthodox or Hasidic Jews.
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Origin of kapote
<Yiddish <French capotecapote
Words nearby kapote
Kapo, kapok, kapok oil, Kaposi's sarcoma, Kaposi's varicelliform eruption, kapote, kappa, kappa angle, kapparah, Kapteyn, Kapuas
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