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Definition of Coattail
1. Noun. The loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist.
Definition of Coattail
1. Noun. The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coattail
1. the back lower portion of a coat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coattail
Literary usage of Coattail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"The attitude he found most conducive to happy delivery was to stand balancing
himself on heel and toe with hands in his coattail pockets. ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"The attitude he found most conducive to happy delivery was to stand balancing
himself on heel and toe with hands in his coattail pockets. ..."
3. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"... with two hundred eager faces grinning through the railings for audience, and
finally snatched off the lad's coattail and went into the texas to chew it. ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1896)
"So without more ado, without any asking of how it came there, or who played on
it, he whisked his coattail ..."
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