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balmacaan

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bal⋅ma⋅caan

[bal-muh-kan, -kahn]
–noun
a loose-fitting, somewhat flared, single-breasted overcoat, often of tweed and having raglan sleeves, originally worn by men.

Origin:
1915–20; after Balmacaan near Inverness, Scotland
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bal·ma·caan   (bāl'mə-kān', -kän')   
n.  A loose, full overcoat with raglan sleeves, originally made of rough woolen cloth.

[After Balmacaan, an estate near Inverness, Scotland.]
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