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opera cloak

British  

noun

  1. Also called: opera hood.  a large cloak worn over evening clothes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One man was dressed in camouflage, another wore a pony tail and an opera cloak.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2016

Other companies probably do worse things but Ryanair is the only one that delights in stepping into the public eye wearing an opera cloak and laughing maniacally.

From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2010

Says he: "No American conductor can expect simply to wrap himself in an opera cloak and make music."

From Time Magazine Archive

Wearing all his decorations and an opera cloak lined with white silk, the Marquis de Cuevas, 72, strode before the curtain of Paris' Champs-Elys�es Theater.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was cloned from the bloodstains found on Lucy Todd Lincoln’s opera cloak.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

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