coat-tail
Britishnoun
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the long tapering tails at the back of a man's tailed coat
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thanks to the popularity or success of someone else
Example Sentences
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What exactly is “the rear coat-tail pocket” of a “full dress suit?”
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2018
The revival had a coat-tail effect for the shows that followed, significantly boosting viewership for Black-ish and helping to launch new the Jenna Fischer-Oliver Hudson comedy Splitting Up Together.
From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2018
One reason is the coat-tail effect: huge corporate sponsors setting up expensive stages and inviting superstar artists to perform.
From Chicago Tribune • Mar. 16, 2014
His blue bandanna trailed agitatedly from his coat-tail.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel
Major Sirr grasped him roughly by the coat-tail to drag his prisoner away.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
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