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How to use raincoat in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Raincoat means a waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket with this purpose. Example: “Not unless you want to get right down there with Frank Dodd in his hooded vinyl raincoat.”

More sentences with raincoat

  • Not unless you want to get right down there with Frank Dodd in his hooded vinyl raincoat.1979, Stephen King, The Dead Zone, →ISBN. From the entry sow dragon's teeth
  • United States Rubber Co. has introduced a lightweight plastic Zephyrette raincoat for women, girls and children.1953, “Plastic Raincoat”, in Industrial Sports, volume 14, Chicago, Ill.: Allegheny Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 6, column 2. From the entry zephyrette
  • In a third cage three elderly ladies in raincoats and goloshes were imprisoned.1934, P[amela] L[yndon] Travers, “Full Moon”, in Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins; 1), London: Gerald Howe Ltd […], →OCLC, page 158. From the entry golosh
  • And there's Peeper Geoffie hiding in the bushes, peering through windows, rubbing his snausage against his little yellow raincoat.1999 December 13, “J.R. Dean”, “Geoff Miller's Guilty Conscience?”, in scruz.general (Usenet). From the entry snausage
  • The man was about thirty-five, very handsome, extremely well-dressed, with striped trousers, a black Homburg and a Burberry raincoat.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 35. From the entry well-dressed
  • "Why is the sarge always pickin' on us?" asked Ortwingle sorrowfully as the water drenched down the collar of his raincoat.1941, Esquire. From the entry slather
  • She opens a Mary Poppinsesque carpet bag and pulls from it a very large, fluffy feather pillow-- in a pillowcase made of an old raincoat.1993 August 12, Joy, “Sheilagh Walks over to her Fridge”, in alt.pagan (Usenet). From the entry Mary Poppinsesque
  • The special constables..were issued with one pair of boots, two overalls, one raincoat, and two skippers — but no shirts or warm coats.1987 August 19, Eastern Province Herald. From the entry skipper
  • When he came downstairs from the bar with the whiskies, she had found a sweater for herself and had cowled a thick raincoat over Sligo.1964, Hortense Calisher, “Extreme Magic”, in Extreme Magic: A Novella and Other Stories, Boston: Little, Brown, page 208. From the entry cowl
  • Lane Coutell, in a Burberry raincoat that apparently had a wool liner buttoned into it, was one of the six or seven boys out on the open platform.1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry liner

Meaning of raincoat

  1. noun A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket with this purpose.
  2. noun A condom.

Full definition of raincoat

Questions about raincoat in a sentence

How do you use raincoat in a sentence?
Raincoat is used as a noun. For example: “Not unless you want to get right down there with Frank Dodd in his hooded vinyl raincoat.”
What is a short sentence with raincoat?
“In a third cage three elderly ladies in raincoats and goloshes were imprisoned.”
What does raincoat mean?
Raincoat means a waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket with this purpose.

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