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patchcoat

patchcoat noun: patched coat.

Noun

patchcoat (plural patchcoats)

  1. (dated) patched coat
    • White clowns and patchcoat harlekins lie upon cloth-of-silver, like dead geese on snow; their disguises are stained with wine which turns from black to red as the strength of the moonlight grows.1978, Michael Moorcock, chapter 1, in Gloriana; or, The Unfulfill'd Queen

Forms of patchcoat

pluralpatchcoats

Origin of patchcoat

From patch + coat.

Questions about patchcoat

What does patchcoat mean?
Patchcoat means patched coat.
What part of speech is patchcoat?
Patchcoat is a noun.
What is the plural of patchcoat?
The plural of patchcoat is patchcoats.

Words near patchcoat in the dictionary

  1. patchbays
  2. patchboard
  3. patchboards
  4. patchbox
  5. patchboxes
  6. patchcoat
  7. patchcoats
  8. patched
  9. patched over
  10. patched together
  11. patched up

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