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trench coat
noun
- a waterproof overcoat styled along military lines, belted, with straps on the shoulders and lower sleeves.
trench coat
noun
- a belted double-breasted waterproof coat of gabardine, etc, resembling a military officer's coat
Word History and Origins
Origin of trench coat1
Example Sentences
The guys that I was partnering with early on wanted the logo to be a guy opening his trench coat.
He was known around the school as the kid who wore a trench coat.
A silky trench coat in a watercolor print, trimmed in turquoise marabou would have been at home at a Manhattan cocktail party.
As I approached them they saluted, evidently mistaking me, in my trench coat and uniform cap, for an American officer.
But it lit up again with a sort of cunning excitement when I said "trench-coat."
When I had to step over them to pass, it seemed as though they must clutch at my trench coat and ask me to help.
I contemplated him: just a big man in a trench coat and droop-brimmed hat silhouetted against the lamp-lit mist.
He pulled to the side of the road and got out, turning up the collar of his trench coat.
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