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watch-coat

watch-coat is the alternative spelling of watchcoat.

Meaning of watchcoat

Noun

watchcoat (plural watchcoats)

  1. Synonym of greatcoat.
    • In the middle of this I had my tent always standing, being a piece of a sail spread over poles, set up for that purpose, and which never wanted any repair or renewing; and under this I had made me a squab or couch, with the skins of the creatures I had killed, and with other soft things; and a...1864 [1719], Daniel Defoe, The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, Knight and Son
    Synonyms:
    greatcoat

Forms of watch-coat

pluralwatch-coats

Questions about watch-coat

What is watch-coat the alternative spelling of?
Watch-coat is the alternative spelling of watchcoat.

Words near watch-coat in the dictionary

  1. watch'd
  2. watch-birth
  3. watch-births
  4. watch-cap
  5. watch-caps
  6. watch-coat
  7. watch-coats
  8. watch-dog
  9. watch-dogs
  10. watch-jobber
  11. watch-jobbers

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