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OVERCOAT
greatcoat, overcoat, topcoat
(noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter
overcoat, overcoating
(noun) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
overcoat (plural overcoats)
A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather.
Verb
overcoat (third-person singular simple present overcoats, present participle overcoating, simple past and past participle overcoated)
(transitive) To apply an exterior coating to.
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Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*coat`, n. Etym: [Cf. Surcoat.]
Definition: A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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