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  • noun Plural form of coat.

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Examples

  • A further element of kintsugi is maki-e, the gradual accumulation of surface effects impressed, as it were, upon the dozens of thin coats of lacquer resin (although I think they are built up by means of the brush), for example a vibrant network of minuscule leaves and flowers.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • Sure the challenge was meant to help the ladies develop thicker skin, but we're pretty sure being constantly called "dreckitude" by Andre Leon Talley in his ridiculous duvet-cover cape coats is character-building enough.

    Watercooler: America's Next Top Bully? 2010

  • Recycling Zychal upcycles rescued umbrellas into hoods, umbrella dog rain coats, and organic cat nip filled kitty toys.

    Recycling Zychal: No Broken Umbrella Left Behind | Inhabitat 2010

  • There are lots of old-fashioned sheepskin coats of the now-over-to-John-Motson-at-Anfield variety, perfect if you want to look like John Motson at Anfield.

    Alexis Petridis: Like lambs to the slaughter Alexis Petridis 2010

  • Recycling Zychal upcycles rescued umbrellas into hoods, umbrella dog rain coats, and organic cat nip filled kitty toys.

    Evelyn Lee | Inhabitat 2010

  • A further element of kintsugi is maki-e, the gradual accumulation of surface effects impressed, as it were, upon the dozens of thin coats of lacquer resin (although I think they are built up by means of the brush), for example a vibrant network of minuscule leaves and flowers.

    Broken China 2009

  • What kind of men are you who arrive rigged out for combat in coats of mail sailing here over the sea-lanes in your steep-hulled boat? or in summary

    October Books 2) The Historian nwhyte 2008

  • After your several thin coats of paint have dried slap those babies on your wrist and sport them around town.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • We glimpse him occasionally at the rim of the action, shrouded in coats and wielding an enormous beard.

    An Atheist Walks Into a Bar … 2008

  • We glimpse him occasionally at the rim of the action, shrouded in coats and wielding an enormous beard.

    An Atheist Walks Into a Bar … 2008

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  • Captured at Yorktown: 187 coats. Received from the British "Deputy-Quarter-Master" and subject to the Articles of Capitulation, 283 coats.

    October 29, 2007