swallow-tailed coat

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noun

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Origin of swallow-tailed coat

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby swallow-tailed coat

swallow hole, swallow one's pride, swallow one's words, swallowtail, swallow-tailed, swallow-tailed coat, swallow-tailed kite, swallow-tanager, swallowwort, swam, swami

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How to use swallow-tailed coat in a sentence

His breeches were wet and muddy and he had on the wet, muddy swallow-tailed coat and vest.
Negro Tales|Joseph Seamon Cotter
The beaver hat and swallow-tailed coat were kept in the lead.
Negro Tales|Joseph Seamon Cotter
As Jack stepped into the open air he peeled off his swallow-tailed coat and threw it over Ted's arm.
Ted Strong's Motor Car|Edward C. Taylor
A coat with a square skirt as in Fig. 116 is seen for the first time, and the swallow-tailed coat was worn not quite so long.
Dress design|Talbot Hughes

He wore a pair of blue pilot cloth trousers, a vest with brass buttons and an old-fashioned swallow-tailed coat.
A Voyage with Captain Dynamite|Charles Edward Rich

British Dictionary definitions for swallow-tailed coat

swallow-tailed coat

noun

another name for tail coat

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