sack coat

noun

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

Other Words From

• sack-coated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sack coat¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Tom put on a Guernsey jacket, and then drew over it a short, thick sack coat.

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Huge Democracy, walking the streets everywhere in its Sack Coat, has asserted so much; irrevocably, brooking no reply!

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Generally a sack coat makes a very tall man look shorter, and a frock-coat looks all the better for a change.

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The man wore a slouch hat, sack coat, and had a moustache and full beard.

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It was composed of a dark sack coat, out of which two articles fell to the floor.

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