Overcoat, The

Example Sentences

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He’s got the hat, the overcoat —the whole scarecrow getup.

From Literature

Because the man in the black overcoat - the man, in effect, selling American pizza - is Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union.

From BBC

Transitioning into ready-to-wear, Armani made the overcoat the statement piece of the season, with the focus on texture.

From Washington Times

Poor Akaky Akakievich spends all his savings on a new overcoat; the coat is stolen; after a series of further humiliations, trying to reclaim the coat, he dies of a fever; there are reports of his ghost haunting St. Petersburg, stealing coats from others.

From The New Yorker

It made for a creative catwalk show trumpeting genderless fashion and featured unisex wardrobe staples, such as “the overcoat, the caban, the cape.”

From Seattle Times