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green coat, ˈgreen-coat
a. gen. One who wears a green coat.
b. spec. One of the scholars in certain charity schools (cf. blue coat 3); attrib. in Green-coat Hospital, green coat institution.
1647Stapylton Juvenal xi. 244 By that lowd shout the green-coats [i.e. the ‘green’ faction in the circus] have the best. 1766Entick London IV. 411 In Tothill-side there is..the Green Coat-hospital, for the poor fatherless children of this parish. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 81 A foot⁓man..a dull knave, who no more resembles the resplendent flunkey of Eaton Square..than does the cotton-stockinged ‘green-coat’ of the minor theatres. 1899Daily News 15 Sept. 5/1 In addition to the Blue Coat School, there were also Black Coat and Green Coat institutions in Westminster.
So green-coated a., having or wearing a green coat or covering.
1784Cowper Task iii. 446 The prickly and green-coated gourd. 1898Daily News 25 Mar. 3/2 The leading companies of green-coated cadets. |