mink coat en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Compound of mink + coat.
Meanings
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A fur coat made from the fur of the mink, symbolic of membership in a social class of wealthy people.
We think we will in no time parlay our abundant love into abundant riches of the mink coat type, so it comes as a major surprise that we could be so poor... for so long.
1988, Sylvia Harney, Married Beyond Recognition: A Humorous Look at Marriage, page 2:Richard Nixon attempted to clear himself of charges that he had a tapped a secret slush fund by exploiting that symbol of decadent luxury, the mink coat. His wife, Nixon boasted, did not own a mink coat, but rather she owned 'a respectable Republican cloth coat...'
2004, Alice Bach, Religion, Politics, Media in the Broadband Era, page 106:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mink coats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
fi minkkiturkki (coat) · pt casaco de vison (coat) · hu nercbunda (coat) · hu nerc (coat) · cs norkový kožich (coat) · cs norek (coat) · cmn 貂皮大衣 (coat) · ru но́рковая шу́ба (coat) · pl futro z norek (coat) · de Nerzmantel (coat)