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mink coat

mink coat noun: a fur coat made from the fur of the mink, symbolic of membership in a social class of wealthy people.

mink coat: a fur coat made from the fur of the mink, symbolic of membership in a social class of wealthy people
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Noun

mink coat (plural mink coats)

  1. A fur coat made from the fur of the mink, symbolic of membership in a social class of wealthy people.
    • We think we will in no time parlay our abundant love into abundant riches of the mink coat type, so it comes as a major surprise that we could be so poor... for so long.1988, Sylvia Harney, Married Beyond Recognition: A Humorous Look at Marriage, page 2
    • Richard Nixon attempted to clear himself of charges that he had a tapped a secret slush fund by exploiting that symbol of decadent luxury, the mink coat. His wife, Nixon boasted, did not own a mink coat, but rather she owned 'a respectable Republican cloth coat...'2004, Alice Bach, Religion, Politics, Media in the Broadband Era, page 106

Forms of mink coat

pluralmink coats

Origin of mink coat

Compound of mink + coat.

Questions about mink coat

What does mink coat mean?
Mink coat means a fur coat made from the fur of the mink, symbolic of membership in a social class of wealthy people.
What part of speech is mink coat?
Mink coat is a noun.
What is the plural of mink coat?
The plural of mink coat is mink coats.

Words near mink coat in the dictionary

  1. Minjay
  2. minjiangite
  3. minjok
  4. minjung
  5. mink
  6. mink coat
  7. mink coats
  8. mink frog
  9. mink frogs
  10. mink oil
  11. minke

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