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
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
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
More than once mistaken, he was now beginning to be really vexed and out of tune, when at last a handsome man, in boots and light surtout, stepped in from a side-door.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thomas produced it from under the seven capes of his surtout without perceptibly diminishing his girth.
From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie
"One of a jolly company, my lord; but some creatures besides wearing their surtouts within, sport their skeletons without: witness the lobster and turtle, who alive, study their own anatomies."
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
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
The men, and frequently also the boys, wear long dark-blue cloth surtouts, and cloth caps on their heads; so that, at a distance, they look like gentlemen in travelling dress.
From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Ida Pfeiffer
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
Some of them were dressed very funnily; and one or two of the oldest appeared in blue surtouts, which were very ill made, and much too large for the wearers.
From Hudson Bay by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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