| 单词 | concrete overcoat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconcrete overcoat c. slang (originally U.S.). A coffin (usually with reference to a violent death). Frequently with modifying word, as concrete overcoat, wooden overcoat, etc.Chicago overcoat, pine overcoat: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin chestc890 througheOE tombc1300 cofferc1381 kista1400 coffin1525 box1614 sandapile1623 wooden doublet1761 pillbox1789 casket1849 wooden surtout1864 pine overcoat1890 overcoat1904 wooden kimono1926 pine drape1945 wooden suit1968 1904 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. iii. 362/2 Wooden-overcoat (or -surtout),..a coffin. 1940 H. W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches xix. 486 Your wooden overcoat won't have any pockets. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §117/16 Be buried,..be measured for a new overcoat. 1972 K. Bonfiglioli Don't point that Thing at Me xvii. 147 He..had to get us to ground of his own choosing before he could fit us for cement overcoats. 1993 Empire Aug. 38/2 Aiden..has a three-day plan; repay two grand he owes his pornographer boss or else find himself trying on a concrete overcoat. < as lemmas |
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