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morning coat

morning coat noun: a man's formal coat worn as the principal item in morning dress, it also used for royal ascot and weddings.

morning coat: a man's formal coat worn as the principal item in morning dress, it also used for royal ascot and...
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Noun

morning coat (plural morning coats)

  1. (often hyphenated) A man's formal coat worn as the principal item in morning dress, it also used for royal ascot and weddings.
    • Behind him a group of men in starched high collars and black morning-coats and striped trousers stood about in attitudes of stern pensiveness, frowning at their fingernails, or gazing fixedly out of the window.1993, John Banville, Ghosts
    Synonyms:
    cutaway

Synonyms of morning coat

Forms of morning coat

pluralmorning coats

Questions about morning coat

What does morning coat mean?
Morning coat means a man's formal coat worn as the principal item in morning dress, it also used for royal ascot and weddings.
What part of speech is morning coat?
Morning coat is a noun.
What is the plural of morning coat?
The plural of morning coat is morning coats.

Words near morning coat in the dictionary

  1. morning bean
  2. morning breath
  3. morning breaths
  4. Morning Breeze
  5. morning call
  6. morning coat
  7. morning coats
  8. morning draught
  9. morning draughts
  10. morning dress
  11. morning gift

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