pea·coat

[pee-koht]
noun
Also, pea coat.


Origin:
1780–90, Americanism; pea (see pea jacket) + coat

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pea jacket or peacoat (ˈpiːˌkəʊt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a sailor's short heavy double-breasted overcoat of navy wool
 
[C18: from Dutch pijjekker, from pij coat of coarse cloth + jekker jacket]
 
peacoat or peacoat
 
n
 
[C18: from Dutch pijjekker, from pij coat of coarse cloth + jekker jacket]

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Peacoat is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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When a square peacoat was put over this lean silhouette, the look was contemporary.
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