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Definition of Sack coat
1. Noun. Man's hiplength coat with a straight back; the jacket of a suit.
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Literary usage of Sack coat
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1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"... in the hip pocket and concealed by a sack coat. The evidence being sufficient
to sustain a conviction, and having met the approval of the trial judge, ..."
2. Correct Social Usage: A Course of Instruction in Good Form, Style and Deportment by George Rippey Stewart (1906)
"A sack coat is worn nowadays in place of a short cutaway. A Chesterfield is a
plain, single-breasted, sack overcoat of medium length. ..."
3. World's Columbian Exposition, 1893: Official Catalogue by Moses Purnell Handy (1893)
"Double breasted sack coat, waistcoat and trousers. 652 27. Lawrie, James, &
Co., Milwaukee, Wis. ... Overcoat, single breasted sack coat, Tuxedo. 652 31. ..."
4. The Journeymen Tailors' Union of America: A Study in Trade Union Policy by Charles Jacob Stowell (1918)
"... the scale for sack coats is as follows: 1st class 2nd class Double-breasted
sack coat $8.00 $7.50 Single-breasted sack coat 7.50 7.00 This scale gives ..."
5. French Composition: A Trip to Paris by Moritz Levi (1916)
"The sack-coat is less elegant than the cutaway. The latter is longer than the
sack-coat and reaches-as-far-as- the-knees.18 Nearly all men wear the ..."
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