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Taglioni

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Tagl`io´ni

n.

1.

A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; - said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.

He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni, or comfortable greatcoat, for a cuirass of steel.

- Sir W. Scott.

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Marie Taglioni, a dancer, became Comtesse Gilbert des Voisins.

The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context

The company made a circle round her and applauded as wildly as if she had been a Noblet or a Taglioni.

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