17 August, 2010 at 1:38 pm (webjunk)
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) and recorded by Bartleby:
Definition: 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.”
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