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Meaning of pick a hole in someone's coat | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To find fault with someone.

archaic

Examples

“'Sheartikins, they know I follow it to do it no good, unless they pick a hole in my Coat for lending you Money now and then, which is a greater Crime to my Conscience, Gentlemen, than to the Common-Wealth.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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