surtout
noun
a man's close-fitting overcoat, especially a frock coat.
surtouts
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pluralof surtout.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The visitor was about fifty-two years of age, dressed in one of the green surtouts, ornamented with black frogs, which have so long maintained their popularity all over Europe.
From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
Two men-at-arms with their surtouts embroidered with the cognizance of Burgundy led the way, and the rest of the party followed in the same order in which they had come.
From At Agincourt by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Rarely was an outer garment put on by men during the week days of winter except on Sundays when riding cloaks were the common wear for women, surtouts for men.
From Confessions of Boyhood by John Albee
There were also gentlemen-farmers, neatly, trimly, and fashionably dressed, in handsome surtouts, and trousers strapped under their boots.
From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"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
