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Definition of Peacoats
1. peacoat [n] - See also: peacoat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peacoats
Literary usage of Peacoats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens (1842)
"And presently, our sails being backed, she ran alongside ; and the hoarse pilot,
wrapped and muffled in peacoats and shawls to the very bridge of his ..."
2. The Southern Review by Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1874)
"... to Winthrop: ' The peacoats follow their fishing and planting as if they had
no enemies. Their women of esteem and children are gone to Long Island with ..."
3. Lost Amid the Fogs: Sketches of Life in Newfoundland, England's Ancient Colony by Robert Barlow McCrea (1869)
"Passengers ask few questions about the country, seldom receiving satisfactory
replies, as little is known about it. Men button up their peacoats with a ..."
4. Gaslight and Daylight: With Some London Scenes They Shine Upon by George Augustus Sala (1859)
"... as your pictorial and literary delineators are incorrigible in delineating
you in large-buttoned peacoats, wide ducks, and flat hats. ..."
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