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tailcoat
[ teyl-koht ]
noun
- a fitted coat, typically worn by a man, cut away over the hips and descending in a pair of tapering skirts behind, usually black and worn as part of full evening dress.
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Origin of tailcoat1
Example Sentences
I love how Siriano is all in low-key black — he’s the background! — but nonetheless looks very chic in what I think is a sleeves-pushed-up tailcoat.
Models strode down the pavement runway parading short, billowing capes, gold jacquard suits, colourful floral prints, tailcoats and cummerbunds, with mirrored brooches by Andrew Logan adding extra shine.
Based on this photo, we can assume that young Willy appreciated a velvet tailcoat, and wasn’t afraid to mix prints.
He pulls a saw out of his long tailcoat.
At Eton College — the boarding school in the British countryside that has educated princes and 20 prime ministers — students wear tailcoats and white ties to classes.
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