dust coat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On the shelves in the American Corner at the university library, thick layers of dust coat copies of “GMAT for Dummies” and “Exploring Corporate Strategy.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2011
But the lady in the motoring dust coat was buttoning it to the chin.
From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
All she caught was just a glimpse of me in Dad's dust coat, and that came to my ankles.
From The Apartment Next Door by Johnston, William Andrew
She drew aside the dust coat and revealed the wide Pierrot trousers she was wearing.
From The Brother of Daphne by Yates, Dornford
Miss Elting folded the road map that she had been studying and placed it in a pocket of her long dust coat.
From The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar by Aldridge, Janet
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