short-coat en · NOUN
Meanings
- (historical, plural) The shortened skirts of a child when it no longer wears long clothes.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| short-coats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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short-coat en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To dress in short-coats.
Very few mothers dress their children in white at this season after they have come to be short-coated.
1885, Leroy Milton Yale, Babyhood: The Mother's Nursery Guide, volume 1, page 85:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| short-coating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| short-coats | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| short-coated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| short-coated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |