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peacoat

or pea coat

[ pee-koht ]

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Word History and Origins

Origin of peacoat1

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

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.

I borrow a peacoat of one of the crew, and in that practical disguise am doubtfully permitted to pass into one of the boats.

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

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