A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man.
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I went up to the eight-o'clock service one morning, about a-quarter-to-eight and here was a chap coming down the aisle with an overcoat on. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
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... if they had a real cold morning, some students would come early and open the windows to add to the chilly atmosphere. (laughs) Then, when you arrived of-course, the windows would be closed but the rooms would be very cold. Oh, they couldn't stand that, they'd have- we'd have to close the school today. However, knowing what had happened, "it'll probably warm up later on," I'd say, "well get your overcoats on," |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
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When you wanted to go to the bathroom eh, you got your dad's rubber boots on, your big overcoat on, didn't you Angie? ... Snow- if it wasn't snow up to your neck didn't you Wally? |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
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I went to that part of the world where I was in basically a sari, at all times even inside. When I wasn't I had the whole hijab and a- basically this gigantic, overcoat that looked like a potato-sack. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
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Christmas- you walked down the street and everybody had an overcoat in those days. Like you didn't see these bums walking around with- oh jeez, you wouldn't- when you were t-- when you took a girl out, you went to the house, you- you weren't properly dressed- we all wore fedoras. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
Shirt and tie was common. But everybody had an overcoat, and at Christmas everybody carried a- had a bottle in it. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
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Earl sort of- he considered me almost his sisters. And if he wanted to buy a new overcoat, he'd want our opinion and-stuff-like-that. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
And I can remember da-- daddy going there and being fitted for, I don't know whether it was a suit or an overcoat. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
