Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flannel garment worn under the outer clothes; an under-vest or under-petticoat.
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Examples
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A hardy little boy, who had taken the lead in the race round the margin of the lake, did not hesitate a moment to strip off his wylie-coat, plunge into the water, and swim towards the object of their common solicitude.
The Abbot 2008
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We can shape their wylie-coat, but no their weird.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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Lady Dalgarno were to sell all she has, even to her very wylie-coat, she canna gie them back the fair Castle of Glenvarloch — that is lost and gane — lost and gane.”
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Dalgarno were to sell all she has, even to her very wylie-coat, she canna gie them back the fair Castle of Glenvarloch -- that is lost and gane -- lost and gane. "
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
ruzuzu commented on the word wylie-coat
"A flannel garment worn under the outer clothes; an under-vest or under-petticoat."
--Century Dictionary
January 12, 2011