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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in a trench coat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables
in- a trench -coat
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Pretending to be something greater, especially unconvincingly.

Humorous; Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

From a pop culture cliché in which two children, one on the other's shoulders, wear a long coat in order to pass for one adult to enter an R-rated movie theater.

Usage

Questions

What does in a trench coat mean?
Pretending to be something greater, especially unconvincingly.
Where does in a trench coat come from?
From a pop culture cliché in which two children, one on the other's shoulders, wear a long coat in order to pass for one adult to enter an R-rated movie theater.

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