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coatee

[ koh-tee ]

noun

  1. a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.


coatee

/ kəʊˈtiː; ˈkəʊtiː /

noun

  1. a short coat, esp for a baby
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of coatee1

1750–60, Americanism; formation modeled on goatee
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Example Sentences

Old Mrs. Fairfield appeared, carrying the boy in his little flannel coatee.

Olivia, smiling, but with an admonishing look at Dinah, comes up R. and places her coatee on balustrade.

The matrons wear in addition a skin cut like the tails of the coatee formerly worn by our dragoons.

Next morning, the goddess of Kothi, or Coatee, returns to her own charge.

At this time a tall, lathy gentleman came in, wearing a most original cut coatee.

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