trench-coated

adjective

Wearing a trench coat.

Meanings

adjectivetrench-coated (not comparable)

alternative trenchcoated

  1. not comparableWearing a trench coat.

    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
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    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

    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

Origin

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APA

trench-coated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trench-coated

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“trench-coated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trench-coated. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trench-coated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trench-coated.

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