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Definition of Tailcoat
1. Noun. Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men.
Generic synonyms: Evening Clothes, Evening Dress, Eveningwear, Formalwear
Terms within: Morning Coat, Swallow-tailed Coat, Swallowtail
Definition of Tailcoat
1. Noun. A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat. ¹
2. Noun. Any coat with similar tails. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tailcoat
1. a man's coat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailcoat
Literary usage of Tailcoat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Coppers of the Northwest Coast Indians: Their Origin, Development, and by Carol F. Jopling (1989)
""The tailcoat seen in North America and amon^ the I -.kimo and the Tungus was a
combination of a tailcoat and a stum.ulu-t which left each foot free. ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1879)
"He acts, therefore, as he used to do in Lisbon or in Paris ; wears his tailcoat
and white neck-tie, and, although away from civilised centres, revels in his ..."
3. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1899)
"He does not assume the tailcoat and the manners of manhood too early; he holds
his tongue, and listens to his elders ; his mind blushes as well as his ..."
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