TAILCOAT


Meaning of TAILCOAT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a morning coat/tailcoat (= a formal coat that men sometimes wear for weddings )

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Gerald had asked his tailor to sew little loops into his tailcoat so that the Order did not have to be continually readjusted.

He had a distinguished air, was formally dressed in a tailcoat , and was precisely my idea of an ambassador.

He had shoulder-length, gleaming black ringlets of hair, a pointy beard, and wore a tailcoat .

His tailcoat , his white tie, his dancing pumps, all impeccable.

Holding up her light, Anne saw a cavernous opera cape with a Mephistophelean magician's tailcoat hanging inside it.

No fancy dress for him; he even felt uncomfortable in his faithful old tailcoat and old-fashioned collared waistcoat.

On board days he would wear a tailcoat .

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