† copestern.
Obsolete.
A wearer of a cope, i.e. a monk.Apparently an isolated use.
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Court-mantlec1367
Sunday citizen1598
longcoat1603
lettice ruffa1625
silkworma1625
copester1637
short-coat1649
Scotch-sleeve?1706
Evite1713
uniform1786
nude1810
blue-stockinged1818
waistcoateer1825
padder1828
stook of duds1834
bloomer1851
sleeve1851
shirt1860
shirtwaister1900
DJ1926
rat-catcher1928
sweater girl1940
zoot-suiter1942
Edwardian1954
penguin1967
overcoat1969
1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 134 Into the Arras-sieled parlour then The coapsters went, in every corner snookt.
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