balmacaan

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noun

A loose overcoat of a certain type, with raglan sleeves and a Prussian collar.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounbalmacaan (plural balmacaans)

plural balmacaans

  1. A loose overcoat of a certain type, with raglan sleeves and a Prussian collar.

    Which is why she can gallivant in a 1940s balmacaan and not feel that the previous owner is peering, Topper-like, over her shoulder.

    2007 February 25, Lynn Yaeger, “Dead Stock”, in New York Times
    1 more example

    Arriving for interviews at Holts offices, he has on a vintage Burberry round-collared, raglan-sleeved balmacaan coat in heavy tweed, a Benjamin Bixby polo shirt, vintage jeans with an old bandana poking from a front pocket, and a vintage belt that he says is about to fall apart.

    2009 March 26, David Livingstone, “Benjamin on the button for spring”, in Toronto Star

Origin

From Balmacaan, a Scottish estate.

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APA

balmacaan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balmacaan

MLA

“balmacaan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balmacaan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balmacaan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balmacaan.

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