mink coat
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4.9
- noun
- /mɪŋk koʊt/
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abrigo de visón
- I remember my girl standing in the gray morning light of that hotel room, with a mink coat on over her pajamas.
- wear a mink coat
- full-length mink coat
- buy a mink coat
There's going to be cheetah, mink coats, no more chains, gold teeth.
- There's going to be cheetah, mink coats, no more chains, gold teeth.
- They went to the boxing and I think she bought my mink coat.
- And we go to this church where the preacher drives a Rolls Royce and the wife wears a full white mink coat.
Examples
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Amelia was beautiful in a black mink coat and the softest-looking midnight blue dress with a low-slung collar.
Fiction book (1997) -
I want to buy a mink coat.
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- I look good in a mink coat, honey.
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Somebody has taken my mink coat!
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Woman in a mink coat, right?
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We can get a mink coat.
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I always thought if my books were a success, I would buy you a mink coat.
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Club members could win prizes in raffles, ranging from kitchen utensils to vacations and mink coats.
Academic text (1995) -
Just thinkin' it would be nice to have your company in a drawing room, showin' you around the fancy stores in Chicago, footin' the bill for some of the things you might want to buy, like a diamond ring and a mink coat.
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She wore her elegant mink coat to the winter gala, attracting everyone's attention.
Synonyms
How Luxurious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a coat made from mink fur' is directly and compositionally derived from 'mink' (the animal or its pelt) + 'coat' (an outer garment). This material-of noun compound pattern (like 'leather jacket' or 'fur coat') is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Mink coat comes from coats made from the soft fur of the mink animal and the word coat for outer clothing. Because mink fur was rare and very expensive, wearing a mink coat became a sign of wealth, so the phrase means 'a luxurious fur coat'.