| 词汇 | inverness |
| 词源 | Inverness. Sherlock Holmes wore one of these warm overcoat-cape combinations, which were named for the High- lands town of Inverness, Scotland, where they were apparently invented one bone-chilling winter in the 1850s. The cape is re- movable from the coat or cloak. |
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