wyliecoat
Americannoun
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a woolen or flannel undergarment, as a warm undershirt.
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a petticoat.
Etymology
Origin of wyliecoat
1470–80; origin uncertain; see coat
Example Sentences
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I wad na been surpris'd to spy You on an auld wife's flainen toy; Or aiblins some bit dubbie boy, On's wyliecoat; But Miss' fine Lunardi! fye!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
I wad na been surpris’d to spy You on an auld wife’s flainen toy; Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, On’s wyliecoat; But Miss’s fine Lunardi! fie!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
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