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trench-coated en · ADJ

Etymology

From trench coat + -ed.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Wearing a trench coat.
   • A trench-coated police detective (Fred Ward) comes to a suburban house to interrogate a single mother (Suzy Amis) on the disappearance of her two young children. 1994 May 27, Kevin Thomas, “Movie Review: Beth B.’s ‘Small Bodies’ a Captivating, Complex Work”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2021:
   • Maher, too, said athletes at Columbine routinely teased the trench-coated students, muttering "Goth" every time they passed one another in the hallways. 1999 April 21, Marc Fisher, “‘Trench Coat’ Mafia Spun Dark Fantasy”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017:
   • And nearby is another illustration, a sinister scene of a pistol-wielding character in the foreground and a trench-coated figure behind him under the title "The House on 92d Street." 1999 October 18, Joseph P. Fried, “Thrillers of Cold War in a Hall of Justice”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:

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