Balmacaan

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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

Etymology

From Balmacaan, a Scottish estate.

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