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peacoat

or pea coat

[ pee-koht ]
/ ˈpiˌkoʊt /
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noun
pea jacket.
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Origin of peacoat

1780–90, Americanism;pea (see pea jacket) + coat

Words nearby peacoat

peach palm, peach tree borer, peachy, peachy-keen, pea coal, peacoat, peacock, peacock blue, peacock butterfly, peacock chair, peacock-flower
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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.

    Why Is Dressing for Fall So Damn Hard?|Alaina Demopoulos|October 25, 2021|The Daily Beast

  • 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. Cooper

  • I 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 Harte

  • Peacoat coughing as if he had had enough of that, I said no more.

    Reprinted Pieces|Charles Dickens
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