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Swallowtail

noun
1.
A man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back.  Synonyms: morning coat, swallow-tailed coat.





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"Swallowtail" Quotes from Famous Books



... reception, Susan surveyed the audience hopefully—handsome men in nankeen trousers, red waistcoats, white neckcloths, and gray swallowtail coats, sitting beside beautiful young women wearing gowns of bombazine and watered silk with wide hoop skirts and elaborately trimmed bonnets which set off their curls. To her delight, they also applauded Antoinette Brown Blackwell, the first woman minister they had ever seen, ...
— Susan B. Anthony - Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian • Alma Lutz
... rudeness was the smuggling vessel, that she would not even plead want of light as excuse for want of courtesy. For running past the royal cutters, who took much longer to come about, she saluted each of them with deep respect for the swallowtail of his Majesty. And then she bore on, like the admiral's ship, with signal for all ...
— Mary Anerley • R. D. Blackmore


Words linked to "Swallowtail" :   morning dress, white tie, tails, dress suit, jacket, white tie and tails, tailcoat, tail coat, full dress


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