Definition of Turncoats

1. Noun. (plural of turncoat) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turncoats

1. turncoat [n] - See also: turncoat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turncoats

turnaround
turnaround time
turnarounds
turnback
turnbacks
turnboy
turnboys
turnbroach
turnbroaches
turnbuckle
turnbuckles
turnbull's blue
turncloak
turncloaks
turncoat
turncoats (current term)
turncock
turncocks
turndown
turndowns
turndun
turnduns
turneaureite
turned
turned against
turned around
turned away
turned back
turned back the clock
turned down

Literary usage of Turncoats

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"All nations curse traitors and turncoats, as they do wolves, thinking them only fit to be hanged, and if they can catch them, condemn them to the gibbet, ..."

2. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Court of the First Empire by Claude-François Méneval (1910)
"Cadoudal was tolerated, but public honours rendered to these turncoats, who carried arms against France, were the fruit of an unhallowed policy, ..."

3. Gathered in the Gloaming: Poems of Early and Later Years by Thomas Westwood (1885)
"... turncoats. AID a little black tadpole to another, That happened to be his elder brother, " Pray, what strange creature is that I hear Croaking so loud? ..."

4. Poems My Children Love Best of All by Mary R. Bassett, Will Hammell (1917)
"turncoats Said a little black Tadpole to another, That happened to be his elder brother, "Pray, what strange creature is that I hear Croaking so loud? ..."

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