Meanings
plural car coats
- An overcoat that extends to midthigh
1964, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Pat got a 'play' motor on his bike. It makes a sound like a real motor. I rode it around and decided a motorcycle'd be neat. I wish had a leather coat, too. Like a car coat.
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car coat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20coat
“car coat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20coat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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