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tailcoat
(tāl′kōt′)
noun
a man's full-dress coat, with long, tapering tails at the back
See tailcoat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A man's black coat worn for formal daytime occasions and having a long rounded and split tail. Also called swallowtail, swallow-tailed coat.
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