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noun

a waterproof overcoat styled along military lines, belted, with straps on the shoulders and lower sleeves.

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Origin of trench coat

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby trench coat

tremulous, trenail, trench, trenchant, Trenchard, trench coat, trencher, trencherman, trenches, trench fever, trench foot

How to use trench coat in a sentence

With winged eyeliner, a trench coat, voluminous hair and razor-sharp nails, she takes a phone call from someone she calls “darling.”
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She writes often in posts about how thrilled she is to be steadily gaining a following of customers who log on to snatch up her neutral-toned wrap dresses and vintage designer trench coats.
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A dryly-comedic rooster in a trench coat is only half the fun
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There is something inherently meme-worthy about the game’s signature sight of a rooster decked out in a necktie and a trench coat.
‘Chicken Police - Paint it RED!’: A dryly-comedic rooster in a trench coat is only half the fun|Christopher Byrd|May 21, 2021|Washington Post

Inspired by Sergio-Hudson’s FW20 collection, she paired her matching design with a trench coat and jumbo gold belt seen on the runway last year.
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The guys that I was partnering with early on wanted the logo to be a guy opening his trench coat.
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He was known around the school as the kid who wore a trench coat.
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A silky trench coat in a watercolor print, trimmed in turquoise marabou would have been at home at a Manhattan cocktail party.
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As I approached them they saluted, evidently mistaking me, in my trench coat and uniform cap, for an American officer.
The Glory of The Coming|Irvin S. Cobb
But it lit up again with a sort of cunning excitement when I said "trench-coat."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Dec. 26, 1917|Various
When I had to step over them to pass, it seemed as though they must clutch at my trench coat and ask me to help.
Carry On|Coningsby Dawson
I contemplated him: just a big man in a trench coat and droop-brimmed hat silhouetted against the lamp-lit mist.
A Matter of Proportion|Anne Walker
He pulled to the side of the road and got out, turning up the collar of his trench coat.
Murder in the Gunroom|Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for trench coat

trench coat

noun

a belted double-breasted waterproof coat of gabardine, etc, resembling a military officer's coat

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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