surtout
Americannoun
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surtouts
plural
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a man's close-fitting overcoat, especially a frock coat.
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a hood with a mantle, worn by women.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of surtout
1680–90; < French: literally, over all, equivalent to sur upon, on ( see sur- 1) + tout everything
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A favourite of mine, in the Preludes for piano, is "En animant surtout dans l'expression", meaning "becoming more lively, particularly in the expression".
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2010
Ten minutes after Johnny told him the news, Revere was in the saddle buttoning his fur-lined surtout to his ears.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
This money was divided between the owner of the horse and the rider, and Johnny bought himself spurs, boots, and a fur-lined surtout, all second hand.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
By this time, they had reached the famous wrought-iron gates of the principal entrance, where an old man in an enormous three-cornered hat and long heavily laced surtout walked up and down.
From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie
He was a young man, with a dark grey, loose surtout, made with a sort of hood, which was pulled over his head.
From In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Over their shoulders they wore strips of cotton or cloth as suspenders, and their coats were tight-waisted, long-tailed surtouts such as were fashionable in the eighteenth century.
From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Henry Childs Merwin
Of the participants who were dressed in surtouts, besides Ladislaus, only Dolhanski remained.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz
There were also gentlemen-farmers, neatly, trimly, and fashionably dressed, in handsome surtouts and trousers, strapped under their boots.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 by Various
Though they were indistinctly seen in the distance, their large caps and flapping surtouts gave them a picturesque appearance.
From Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed
He was almost emphatic on the word short, but the young curate did not appear to take the hint, or to understand the meaning of that word either in regard to discourses or surtouts.
From The Iron Horse by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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