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  • noun Alternative spelling of trench coat.

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Examples

  • P.S. wearing shorts with a trenchcoat is almost as stupid as white guys with dreadlocks

    DORK RALLY SPARKS PROTEST BY DORKS 2008

  • Mallory remains a great character, the classic world-weary knight in trenchcoat armor, with a strong supporting cast. ...

    Thinking Highly of Us Lou Anders 2008

  • As Suou is running away, she encounters a guy in trenchcoat (one of the three people who were eavesdropping on April’s radio frequency last episode) As he’s trying to get close to Suou, Pecha (her amazing defensive pet squirrel xD) comes to her rescue, and she manages to evade him by putting a can on his head.

    Darker than Black season 2 – ep 02 « Undercover 2009

  • Unbeknownst to him, however, the man in the trenchcoat is the newly elected mayor, Bernard J. Ortcutt, and Ralph would sincerely deny the claim that "the mayor is a spy".

    Belief Schwitzgebel, Eric 2006

  • On the de dicto reading of belief, "Ralph believes that the man in the trenchcoat is a spy" may be true while "Ralph believes that the mayor is a spy" is false.

    Belief Schwitzgebel, Eric 2006

  • Oasis, 01865 881986 Photograph: PR company handout What you'll find Trompe l'oeil ­ "trenchcoat" dresses, plenty of ­vintage-inspired looks and some harder-edged pieces.

    Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Oasis, 01865 881986 Photograph: PR company handout What you'll find Trompe l'oeil ­ "trenchcoat" dresses, plenty of ­vintage-inspired looks and some harder-edged pieces.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Oasis, 01865 881986 Photograph: PR company handout What you'll find Trompe l'oeil ­ "trenchcoat" dresses, plenty of ­vintage-inspired looks and some harder-edged pieces.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • He was wearing a trenchcoat with glasses that flipped up, and he looked nothing like a hip-hop star.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • Â Before he can pull of a getaway, though, he is taken down by a strange weapon thrown by a mysterious man in a trenchcoat.

    Review: Invincible Presents Atom Eve & Rex Splode #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

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  • Wear these in the trench.

    October 10, 2008