tail coat in a sentence

Examples

1. The uniform takes the form of an evening tail coat of dark blue cloth, lapelled, with scarlet collar and cuffs.
2. She recalls her delight, after experiencing racism as a high school student, in seeing black senators in tail coats governing Haiti.
3. For evening wear men preferred the short tuxedo to the tail coat, which was now seen as rather old-fashioned and snobby.
4. When at the Table the Clerk wears court dress ( including a tail coat and waistcoat ), a gown and a wig.
5. The Savile Row tailors used to give me suits, tail coats and evening stuff, simply because I was such a classy dancer.
6. Once the unwashed are indoctrinated into the ritual of tail coats, entrance and exit applause, and don't-you-dare-clap-between-movements decorum, then they will belong.
7. Hanna is being courted by a foppish barrister, Damazy, who insists that he can see his wig and tail coat in the wax.
8. He prefers action adventure books to novels and even likes the swallow-tail coat, starched collar and striped trousers he must wear at Eton.
9. He cut a fine figure in his top hat, tail coat and cane, as he walked the streets and exuded an air of distinction.
10. A century ago, butlers often wore mismatched trousers with their evening tail coats, to make sure no one ever mistook them for dinner guests.