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trench-coated

trench-coated adjective: wearing a trench coat.

Adjective

trench-coated (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a trench coat.
    • A trench-coated police detective (Fred Ward) comes to a suburban house to interrogate a single mother (Suzy Amis) on the disappearance of her two young children.1994 May 27, Kevin Thomas, “Movie Review: Beth B.’s ‘Small Bodies’ a Captivating, Complex Work”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
    • Maher, too, said athletes at Columbine routinely teased the trench-coated students, muttering "Goth" every time they passed one another in the hallways.1999 April 21, Marc Fisher, “‘Trench Coat’ Mafia Spun Dark Fantasy”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017

Forms of trench-coated

alternative formtrenchcoated

Origin of trench-coated

From trench coat + -ed.

Questions about trench-coated

What does trench-coated mean?
Trench-coated means wearing a trench coat.
What part of speech is trench-coated?
Trench-coated is an adjective.

Words near trench-coated in the dictionary

  1. trench sticks
  2. trench sweeper
  3. trench sweepers
  4. Trench Town
  5. trench warfare
  6. trench-coated
  7. trench-plough
  8. trench-ploughed
  9. trench-ploughing
  10. trench-ploughs
  11. trench-plow

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