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Etymology

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From un- +‎ cassock.

Verb

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uncassock (third-person singular simple present uncassocks, present participle uncassocking, simple past and past participle uncassocked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the cassock from.
    • 1811, William Combe, The Devil Upon Two Sticks in England, page 32:
      After having had an excellent breakfast, he is hastening home to uncassock himself, when he will, by a country walk, quicken his appetite for an excellent dinner, to which Michael Angelo's father has invited him, []