Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Benjamin

A smart overcoat; so called from a tailor of the name, and rendered popular by its association with Joseph's “coat of many colours.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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