coatless

English

Etymology

From coat +‎ -less.

Adjective

coatless (not comparable)

  1. Without a coat; not wearing a coat.
    • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 62:
      He was coatless and his thumbs were hooked negligently in a leather belt, thereby negativing a tendency to balance himself on an inclined plane backwards.
    • 2007 August 5, Nina Bernstein, “Safe From Persecution, Still Bearing Its Scars”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      But since the first family arrived here in March, coatless and stunned to find what appeared to be a cold desert of leafless trees, the city has become a beacon to other Gatumba survivors around the country.

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