Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To dress in the first short garments, so as to leave the legs free for standing and walking; put short clothes on: said of infants.
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Examples
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"We are going to short-coat baby next week, so I have a good deal to show her, and I won't be down again for a little bit."
Polly A New-Fashioned Girl L. T. Meade 1884
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