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smallcoat

smallcoat noun: a tightly-fitted waist-length jacket.

Noun

smallcoat (plural smallcoats)

  1. A tightly-fitted waist-length jacket.
    • Bill Blass turnout stands out with another great label. Bright spot cotton smallcoat and dress in navy/yellow/white Minicare fabric from Ducharne.1968, Vogue - Volume 152, page 123
    • In spite of the early hour, the Marquis of Chatham was finely garbed in black smallcoat and breeches of grey superfine.1987, Cate Brandt, Silken Chains, →ISBN, page 122

Examples of smallcoat in a sentence

  • ...glossy black shoes with shiny brass buckles, pure white leggings, breeches and smallcoat; blue coats with bright red facings, gold shoulder knots and buttons.1993, Allan Cole, Chris Bunch, A Daughter of Liberty, →ISBN, page 90:
  • The infantry wore gaiters, or leg coverings, and white smallcoats.2004, AnnMarie Francis Kajencki, Count Casimir Pulaski:

Forms of smallcoat

pluralsmallcoats

Origin of smallcoat

From small + coat.

Questions about smallcoat

What does smallcoat mean?
Smallcoat means a tightly-fitted waist-length jacket.
How do you use smallcoat in a sentence?
...glossy black shoes with shiny brass buckles, pure white leggings, breeches and smallcoat; blue coats with bright red facings, gold shoulder knots and buttons.
What part of speech is smallcoat?
Smallcoat is a noun.
What is the plural of smallcoat?
The plural of smallcoat is smallcoats.

Words near smallcoat in the dictionary

  1. Smallbrook
  2. Smallcanyon
  3. smallcap
  4. smallcapped
  5. smallclothes
  6. smallcoat
  7. smallcoats
  8. smallcraft
  9. smalldom
  10. smalldoms
  11. Smalldon

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