pick a hole in someone's coat en · VERB
Meanings
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(archaic) To find fault with someone.
'Sheartikins, they know I follow it to do it no good, unless they pick a hole in my Coat for lending you Money now and then, which is a greater Crime to my Conscience, Gentlemen, than to the Common-Wealth.
1677, Aphra Behn, The Rover, or, the Banish't Cavaliers, page 8:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| picks a hole in someone's coat | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| picking a hole in someone's coat | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| picked a hole in someone's coat | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| picked a hole in someone's coat | Tense=Past | lexicographic |