raincoat crowd
n.— «So here she is, a single, attractive woman with all these members of the raincoat crowd, being grilled by the local cops.» —“In my salad days…“ by MisterWhite Bondage.com Mar. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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