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cement overcoat en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic, qualifier:crime) Synonym of concrete overcoat.
    • 'I will explain to you briefly,' continued The Big Man, 'why it is that you are not dead; why you have been permitted to enjoy the sensation of pain instead of adding to the pollution of the Harlem River from the folds of what is jocularly known as a cement overcoat.' 1954, Ian Fleming, “No Sensayuma”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 75:

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cement overcoats Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

concrete overcoat