Pea-coated

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Wearing a pea coat. not-comparable

    "We had an exquisite from St Mary Hall, a pea-coated Brazenose boatman, a philosophical water-drinker and union-debater from Balliol, and a two bottle man from Christ Church."

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"We had an exquisite from St Mary Hall, a pea-coated Brazenose boatman, a philosophical water-drinker and union-debater from Balliol, and a two bottle man from Christ Church."

Etymology

From pea coat + -ed.

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