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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: duffel 'heavy woolen cloth' (17-20 centuries), from Dutch, from Duffel town in Belgium

duffel coat

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes
duffel coat , duffle coat [countable]
DCC a coat made of rough heavy cloth, usually with a hood and toggles (=buttons shaped like tubes)
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