frock coat

noun

: a man's knee-length usually double-breasted coat

Examples of frock coat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At Vuitton, there were frock coats paired with sneakers: part 19th century, part 1967, and somehow utterly forward-looking. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024 The father, in a black frock coat, cracked his whip at a mangy and irritated lion who eventually agreed to jump through a hoop. Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024 The suit itself was a more casual alternative to the frock coat. Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 18 June 2024 His plays, however, can turn stuffy and melodramatic in modern productions: living museum dioramas in which women in long skirts and men in frock coats howl about syphilis and scandal. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for frock coat 

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Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of frock coat was in 1818

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“Frock coat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frock%20coat. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

frock coat

noun
: a man's long overcoat

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