What does cement overcoat mean?

cement overcoat

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

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"'I will explain to you briefly,' continued The Big Man, 'why it is that you are not dead; why you have been permitted to enjoy the sensation of pain instead of adding to the pollution of the Harlem River from the folds of what is jocularly known as a cement overcoat.'"

cement overcoats (plural)

concrete overcoat

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