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swallow-tailed coat
swallow-tailed coat
noun
- another name for tail coat
Word History and Origins
Origin of swallow-tailed coat1
Example Sentences
She saw before her an elderly gentleman, plump and kindly, who walked with a short tripping step, and wore the swallow-tailed coat with gilt buttons which the frock-coat had displaced.
He always wore a black vest, swallow-tailed coat, stout silk stockings, and shoes with bright silver buckles, while a snowy white apron and faultlessly frilled shirt completed a modish and impressive costume.
He looked for all the world like some scraggy-legged little old man, who had got up in the morning and put nothing on except a ragged swallow-tailed coat.
He had on a swallow-tailed coat, but it did not fit him, so I conclude it was borrowed or hired for the occasion.
A swallow-tailed coat plays the mischief with the digestion, and science has discovered that a white choker tarnishes the silver.
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