joseph

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A very old-fashioned riding coat for women, scarcely now to be seen or heard of--Forby's Vocabulary.


A garment made of Scotch plaid, for an outside coat or habit, was worn in New England about the year 1830, called a Joseph, by some a Josey.

Olivia was drawn as an Amazon, sitting upon a bank of flowers, dressed in a green Joseph.--Goldsmith, Vicar of Wakefield.

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