morning coat

noun

1. a man's cutaway for wear as part of morning dress.

morning coat

noun

1. a cutaway frock coat, part of morning dress Also calledtail coatswallow-tailed coat

Word History and Origins

Origin of morning coat¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

He wore a shabby morning-coat tightly buttoned, and his hands in bracelets of steel were behind his back.

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A fattish, middle-aged man in brand new shepherd's plaid trousers and a not quite so new braided morning-coat.

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His well-tailored morning-coat displayed to admiration a splendid torso.

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The man was attired in a loose-fitting, common, black-cloth morning-coat.

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Seor Puchol entered, a dark little man who wore a morning-coat and had a hat with a flat brim edged with braid.

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