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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical, mostly plural) The shortened skirts of a child when it no longer wears long clothes..
Very few mothers dress their children in white at this season after they have come to be short-coated.
Use short-coat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Short-coat means (historical, mostly plural) The shortened skirts of a child when it no longer wears long clothes..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Very few mothers dress their children in white at this season after they have come to be short-coated.
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