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sack coat

noun

  1. a short coat or jacket with a straight back and no seam at the waist.


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Other Words From

  • sack-coated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sack coat1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

In their place, Browne showed classic shapes, including raglan jackets, sack coats, capes, cardigans, wrap trousers, and zip-front dresses.

Tommy approached and lifted the skirt of the black sack coat gingerly, critically.

Then he took his pistols from a chair by the window, putting one in each pocket of his loose sack coat.

“It’s most unfortunate!” murmured the gallant man with the silk hat and sack coat.

At first the appearance of our uniforms aroused much curiosity; our tightly fitting blouses were quite different from the British sack coats, and few people in London, in fact, knew who we were.

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