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redingote Dec 22nd 2012, 07:01 ‎Noun: ← Older revision Revision as of 07:01, 22 December 2012 (One intermediate revision by one user not shown) Line 11: Line 11:   {{en-noun}}   {{en-noun}}     − # A long coat or greatcoat, originally for men but now often for women. + # {{context|now|_|historical}} A long coat or greatcoat for men. {{defdate|from 18th c.}} − #* '''1942''', Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon'', Canongate 2006, p. 140: + #* '''1942''', {{w|Rebecca West}}, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon'', Canongate 2006, p. 140:   #*: In the corner of certain drawing are to be seen Adam himself and his French assistant, Clérisseau, sketching away in their dashing tricornes and '''redingotes''', very much as one might imagine the two young men in ''Così fan tutte''.   #*: In the corner of certain drawing are to be seen Adam himself and his French assistant, Clérisseau, sketching away in their dashing tricornes and '''redingotes''', very much as one might imagine the two young men in ''Così fan tutte''.   + #*'''2001''', {{w|Anthea Bell}}, translating WG Sebald, ''Austerlitz'', Penguin 2011, p. 199:   + #*:I came upon a darkly looming building, from the dungeon-like basement of which there emerged a caretaker called Bartoloměj Smečka, a veteran, it seemed, of long-lost campaigns, clad in a crumpled '''redingote''' and a flowered fancy waistcoat with a gold watch-chain draped over it […].   + # A women's dress coat or long fitted coat with a flared [[skirt]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}   + #*'''1955''', 'Farewell with Fanfare', ''Time'', 25 Mar 1955:   + #*:Mrs. Hobby, dressed in a brown and white silk '''redingote''', blinked back tears as the President recalled their first meeting in London in 1942, when Oveta was commander of the WAAC (later the WAC).       ----   ----

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