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dress coat

noun



dress coat

noun

  1. a man's formal tailcoat with a cutaway skirt


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Other Words From

  • dress-coated adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dress coat1

First recorded in 1760–70

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Example Sentences

A light-colored mulatto boy, in dress coat and bearing a diminutive silver tray for the reception of cards, admitted them.

M. Noel, in a dress-coat, very dark skinned and with mutton-chop whiskers, came forward to meet us.

On one occasion Chopin, being dissatisfied with his own things, made use of a dress-coat and shirt of his pupil Gutmann.

Lot 176—Frock coat and vest, dress coat and vest, ditto, pair of trousers and opera hat.

The new black long frock, I think Mr. Crawley liked; but the dress coat, with the suit complete, perplexed him sorely.

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