patchcoat
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]patchcoat (plural patchcoats)
- (dated) patched coat
- 1978, Michael Moorcock, chapter 1, in Gloriana; or, The Unfulfill'd Queen:
- White clowns and patchcoat harlekins lie upon cloth-of-silver, like dead geese on snow; their disguises are stained with wine which turns from black to red as the strength of the moonlight grows.