sack coat
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of sack coat
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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On sweltering Washington nights he appears at informal evening functions equipped with white trousers and a blue sack coat, instead of the usual dinner coat and close- fitting vest.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when he stepped before the microphone, last week, Jos� de Le�n Toral was not only clean shaven, but clad in black sack coat, double-breasted vest, and trousers of smart pin stripe.
From Time Magazine Archive
The object of all this kudos was a small, quiet, black-eyed, 60-year-old man stiffly dressed in a black sack coat and old-fashioned starched collar.
From Time Magazine Archive
He looked thoroughly at home in his black sack coat and striped trousers, as he sat calmly in the lawyers' sector waiting for the proceedings to begin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he took his pistols from a chair by the window, putting one in each pocket of his loose sack coat.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.
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