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Definition of Morning coat
1. Noun. A man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back.
Group relationships: Dress Suit, Full Dress, Tail Coat, Tailcoat, Tails, White Tie, White Tie And Tails, Morning Dress
Generic synonyms: Jacket
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morning Coat
Literary usage of Morning coat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Fashion then went to the opposite extreme of tight swallow-tails ; the latter
were succeeded by the morning-coat pattern, now generally giving way to the ..."
2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"Didn't he generally wear a light morning- coat?" "What! ... This light morning-coat
came most inopportunely; it spoilt the whole man for me, ..."
3. The Fortnightly Review (1866)
"Material for the future ; still it will be remembered, in history on account of
the president's morning-coat. The ambassadors who were present are said to ..."
4. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1921)
"Didn't he generally wear a light morning- coat?" " What! ... This light morning-coat
came most inopportunely; it spoilt the whole man for me, ..."
5. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"As an ambassador Mr. Bryce may have improved in the manner of his dress; perhaps
his morning coat is worn with more distinction, and his trousers are no ..."
6. The Wandering Jew (and Jewess)by R. D. Manning by R. D. Manning (2003)
"... against the back of the chair, and his wasted hands, coming from beneath the
large sleeves of his brown morning coat, rest on the arms of the chair. ..."
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