cloak : Idioms & Phrases

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Cloak bag

  • a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau.
Webster 1913

cloak-and-dagger

  • adjective satellite conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
    hugger-mugger; clandestine; secret; hole-and-corner; surreptitious; underground; hush-hush; undercover.
    • clandestine intelligence operations
    • cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
    • hole-and-corner intrigue
    • secret missions
    • a secret agent
    • secret sales of arms
    • surreptitious mobilization of troops
    • an undercover investigation
    • underground resistance
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hooded cloak

  • noun a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head
    capote.
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mourning cloak

  • noun of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
    Nymphalis antiopa; mourning cloak; Camberwell beauty.
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mourning cloak butterfly

  • noun of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
    Nymphalis antiopa; mourning cloak; Camberwell beauty.
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opera cloak

  • noun a large cloak worn over evening clothes
    opera hood.
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