noun
formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
• Syn: ↑dress suit, ↑full dress, ↑tailcoat, ↑tails, ↑white tie, ↑white tie and tails
• Hypernyms: ↑formalwear, ↑eveningwear, ↑evening dress, ↑evening clothes
• Part Meronyms: ↑swallow-tailed coat, ↑swallowtail, ↑morning coat
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tail coat noun
A man's formal coat, cut away at the front and with narrow tails at the back
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Main Entry: ↑tail
Useful english dictionary. 2012.