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shortcoat

shortcoat is the alternative form of short-coat.

Meaning of short-coat

Noun

short-coat (plural short-coats)

  1. (historical, plural) The shortened skirts of a child when it no longer wears long clothes.

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Forms of shortcoat

Noun
pluralshortcoats
Verb
third-person singular presentshortcoats
present participleshortcoating
past participleshortcoated
pastshortcoated

Questions about shortcoat

What is shortcoat the alternative form of?
Shortcoat is the alternative form of short-coat.

Words near shortcoat in the dictionary

  1. shortcircuit
  2. shortcircuited
  3. shortcircuiting
  4. shortcircuits
  5. shortclothes
  6. shortcoat
  7. shortcoated
  8. shortcoating
  9. shortcoats
  10. shortcode
  11. shortcodes

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