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patchcoats

patchcoats is the plural of patchcoat.

Meaning of patchcoat

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

Questions about patchcoats

What is patchcoats the plural of?
Patchcoats is the plural of patchcoat.

Words near patchcoats in the dictionary

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

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