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peacoat
or pea coat
[ pee-koht ]
/ ˈpiˌkoʊt /
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How to use peacoat in a sentence
Ali McGraw in Love Story would have ended up wrapping that famous brown peacoat across her waist once the day warmed up.
Tunis had shaken his peacoat free of the clinging snow and now stamped his sea-boots on the rug.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove|James A. CooperI borrow a peacoat of one of the crew, and in that practical disguise am doubtfully permitted to pass into one of the boats.
Selected Stories|Bret HartePeacoat coughing as if he had had enough of that, I said no more.
Reprinted Pieces|Charles Dickens