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tailcoat

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tail·coat  (tlkt)
n.
A man's black coat worn for formal daytime occasions and having a long rounded and split tail. Also called swallowtail, swallow-tailed coat.
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Noun1.tailcoattailcoat - formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
dress suit, full dress, tail coat, tails, white tie and tails, white tie
evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear - attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening
morning coat, swallow-tailed coat, swallowtail - a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
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At these reunions I had to play the part of host--to meet and entertain fat mercantile parvenus who were impossible by reason of their rudeness and braggadocio, colonels of various kinds, hungry authors, and journalistic hacks-- all of whom disported themselves in fashionable tailcoats and pale yellow gloves, and displayed such an aggregate of conceit and gasconade as would be unthinkable even in St.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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