Definition of Opera cloak

1. Noun. A large cloak worn over evening clothes.

Exact synonyms: Opera Hood
Generic synonyms: Cloak

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opera Cloak

openside plane
opensides
openwork
openwork stocking
openwork stockings
openworks
opepe
opepes
oper
opera
opera bouffe
opera buffa
opera cake
opera citato
opera cloak (current term)
opera comique
opera company
opera glove
opera hat
opera hood
opera house
opera houses
opera singer
opera singers
opera star
operabilities
operability

Literary usage of Opera cloak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-fields: A Thrilling Narrative of by William B. Haskell (1898)
"... opera cloak —As a Frost Protector — Care of the Feet— Snow Shoes — Shortage in the Food Supply — How it Seems to be without Salt —Sold for Its Weight in ..."

2. Modern Society by Julia Ward Howe (1880)
"THE COLONEL'S opera cloak, "A jollier, brighter, breezier, more entertaining book than 'The Colonel's opera cloak' has not been published for many a day. ..."

3. Modern Society by Julia Ward Howe (1880)
"The Colonel's opera cloak* is a bright and thoroughly alluring little book, with which it would be foolish to find fault on any score. And, more than that, ..."

4. From Heart to Heart by Kate Vannah (1893)
"AN OPERA-CLOAK. IT might have been a queen's, this lovely thing, Of purple and soft, creamy satin made. The breath of some luxurious beauty swayed This down ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"... or having had an opera- cloak brought in to prevent her feeling chilly (it being mid-winter), may have escaped Mr. Wallace's attention at the time, ..."

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