Meaning of furcoat | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of fur coat.

alt-of, alternative, uncommon

Examples

“He sat there listening to the dancetunes, looking at the silk stockings and the high heels and the furcoats and the pretty girls’ faces pinched a little by the wind as they came in off the street. […] Doris panted a little breathless from the stairs as she threw open⟳ her furcoat.”

“The transporters, they were resting, sprawled out, in the back of their wagons, like⟳ leisurely gentlemen or like⟳ the hills. And in their heavy furcoats![…]—there are random traces of exhalation on the windowpane, a thin nightshirt held tight in front of my belly, crease and squeeze⟳, yes, he is looking at me, his furcoat swings and rocks around his body like⟳ a churchbell.”

“The people wore huge furcoats and furcaps covering their faces, peepholes for noses; […] Clara stood by smiling, holding baby Eugenie, recalling how he had played with her and her brothers so long ago by setting a lantern on the floor to enlarge his shadow on the wall and entering with his furcoat like⟳ a bear⟳ on the loose, recalling stories of doppelgangers and caricatures on the piano.”

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