tail coat
Britishnoun
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Also called: tails. a man's black coat having a horizontal cut over the hips and a tapering tail with a vertical slit up to the waist: worn as part of full evening dress
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Also called: swallow-tailed coat. another name for morning coat
Example Sentences
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The fiddler, Waddell recalled in one essay, “usually wore a stovepipe hat, a stock of the old style, instead of a cravat, and a spike tail coat with brass buttons.”
From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019
The riding jacket appeared not just as the “hunting pink” tail coat that ended the show, but also in bright yellow or in tweed with a corset underneath and tight knickers or lace-up-the-back skirts.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2010
When Ambassador Joseph Patrick Kennedy showed up at the same court in a tail coat, someone said he looked like "one of the less important waiters."
From Time Magazine Archive
In appearance he is a tall, sleek theatrical figure with black hair, a tail coat, and glasses on a broad black ribbon.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wore a tail coat made of a beautiful plum-colored velvet.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
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