Brewer's: Wishing-coat

Willie Wynkin's wishing-coat. An Irish locution.

“I wish I had here Willie Wynkin's wishing-coat.” —HowardPyle: Robin Hood, p. 200.

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