cothamore

[ koh-tuh-mawr, -mohr ]

noun

1. a frieze fabric, often used in the manufacture of overcoats.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cothamore¹

From Irish cóta mór literally, “greatcoat”

Example Sentences

To this the countryman prepared to reply,—first, by two or three additional shrugs; secondly, by raising his right elbow, and pulling up all that remained of the collar of his tattered cothamore, or great coat, after which he gave a hem.

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"Throw that ould threadbare Cothamore off o' you," replied Honor, "and beg of God to give you grace to sit down, an' have common feeling and common sense."

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Father, you're a worthy—only your Cothamore's too scimpt for me.

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He threw his Cothamore several times over his shoulders, as he had been in the habit of doing when about to proceed after breakfast to his usual avocations, and as often laid it aside, without being at all conscious of what he did.

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At length a singular transition from this state of mind became apparent; a gleam of wild exultation shot from his eye; his sallow and blasted features brightened; the Cothamore was buttoned under his chin with a rapid energy of manner evidently arising from the removal of some secret apprehension.

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