manteau
Americannoun
plural
manteaus, manteauxnoun
Etymology
Origin of manteau
From French, dating back to 1665–75; see origin at mantle
Example Sentences
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“This is not a manteau, Khanoumi. This is a shirt.”
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2016
A well-groomed woman, wearing a fashionable manteau and with a fully made-up face—perhaps she was the boy’s mother—whispered loudly from the line to him.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 26, 2016
My clients are the slightly more creative ones, not the standard pin stripe/porte manteau types.
From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2012
Anyhow, the new "manteau de sûreté" is absolutely booming, and entre nous, chérie, people who never wear anything more valuable than sequins and paste are quite falling over each other to get thief-proof wraps!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
My dress was yellow, with a yellow manteau de cour.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
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