balmacaan
balmacaan noun: a loose overcoat of a certain type, with raglan sleeves and a Prussian collar.
Noun
balmacaan (plural balmacaans)
- A loose overcoat of a certain type, with raglan sleeves and a Prussian collar.
- Which is why she can gallivant in a 1940s balmacaan and not feel that the previous owner is peering, Topper-like, over her shoulder.2007 February 25, Lynn Yaeger, “Dead Stock”, in New York Times
- Arriving for interviews at Holts offices, he has on a vintage Burberry round-collared, raglan-sleeved balmacaan coat in heavy tweed, a Benjamin Bixby polo shirt, vintage jeans with an old bandana poking from a front pocket, and a vintage belt that he says is about to fall apart.2009 March 26, David Livingstone, “Benjamin on the button for spring”, in Toronto Star
Forms of balmacaan
| plural | balmacaans |
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Origin of balmacaan
From Balmacaan, a Scottish estate.
Questions about balmacaan
- What does balmacaan mean?
- Balmacaan means a loose overcoat of a certain type, with raglan sleeves and a Prussian collar.
- What part of speech is balmacaan?
- Balmacaan is a noun.
- What is the plural of balmacaan?
- The plural of balmacaan is balmacaans.
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