cloak bag

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cloak \Cloak\ (kl[=o]k; 110), n. [Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtic origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st Clock.]

1.A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women. [1913 Webster]

2.That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover. [1913 Webster]

No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.— South.[1913 Webster]

Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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