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ducking coat en · NOUN

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1. A short, warmly lined waterproof jacket, made in neutral colors or camouflage.
   • That he had collected the money on some promissory notes due him, and put it in the pocket of a ducking coat, fastened the pocket with a wire, and when he went to bed, put the coat under his head. 1896, The Texas Criminal Reports, page 413:
   • The satchel had belonged to his grandfather and the blanketlined duckingcoat he wore had been his father's. 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 19:
   • Powerless to help, I had to watch both him and my horse drown. My boots, leggins, spurs, six-shooter, and ducking coat seemed to weigh tons. 1998, J. Frank Dobie, John D. Young, A Vaquero of the Brush Country, page 120:
   • The frost got to biting my fingers and toes. But I was plenty warm inside my new ducking coat that had a red blanket lining. 1954, William Peery, Twenty-one Texas Short Stories, page 207:

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