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Etymology
From a pop culture cliché in which two children, one on the other's shoulders, wear a long coat in order to pass for one adult to enter an R-rated movie theater.
Meanings
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(humorous, slang) Pretending to be something greater, especially unconvincingly.
Canada is three mining companies in a trench coat, wearing a stupid hat and carrying a gun.
2020 February 19, Alex V Green, “Canada is Fake”, in The Outline, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2020: