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coatless, a.|ˈkəʊtlɪs|
[f. coat n. + -less.]
1. Without a coat of arms.
1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie, Lacie's Nobilitie 112, I place him in this place coatelesse although I iudge he was a gentleman. 1833Lamb Elia, Blakesmoor in H., The coatless antiquary in his unemblazoned cell.
2. Without a coat (garment).
1823E. Moor Suffolk Words 53 The punishment of a school-boy for telling tales..is performed by prostrating the coatless culprit on his back. 1850Kingsley Alt. Locke xxi. (D.), Seven or eight sallow starved beings..coatless, shoeless, and ragged. 1967P. Jones Fifth Defector v. 45 It was cold in the garage and she was coatless. |