greatcoat

• “His greatcoat was a trifle heavy, and the length of it occasionally got in his way, but he was loath to abandon the perfectly good garment.”

  Simon & Schuster: Shameless

• “Her usual dress was a shift, with a whole sailroom of frills about the sleeves and bosom, and a heavy pink taffeta petticoat, (gowns being only worn by these fair ones as you put on a greatcoat, that is, when they go abroad,) and a small round apron like a flap of black silk.”

  Tom Cringle's Log

• “Adams stood up and presented a figure to the gentleman which would have moved laughter in many; for his cassock had just again fallen down below his greatcoat, that is to say, it reached his knees, whereas the skirts of his greatcoat descended no lower than half-way down his thighs; but the gentleman's mirth gave way to his surprize at beholding such a personage in such a place.”

  Joseph Andrews Vol 1

• “~61~~ "I am afraid I have made rather an absurd mistake about that strange garment of yours, Lawless; I suppose it is some new kind of greatcoat, is it not?”

  Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil

• “Bill called a greatcoat-clad sergeant over to stand at the fifty-yard target backstop.”

  hellinahandbasket.net

• “In the two hundred mile forced march across Greece, he had discarded his blanket and greatcoat rather than leave his precious viola.”

  The Theatre

• “One was male, dressed in a greatcoat over a buttoned-up vest and brown trousers.”

  Simon & Schuster: GuildWars Edge of Destiny

• “She was speaking to Snaff, Zojja, and Caithe, and judging by her short greatcoat, she was a person of importance.”

  Simon & Schuster: GuildWars Edge of Destiny

• “He reached beneath his tattered greatcoat and drew forth a cutlass that dripped with black ichor.”

  Simon & Schuster: GuildWars Edge of Destiny

• ““A bargain,” said Snaff, reaching beneath his greatcoat to grasp a bag on his belt.”

  Simon & Schuster: GuildWars Edge of Destiny

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