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Definition of Frock coat
1. Noun. A man's coat having knee-length skirts front and back; worn in the 19th century.
Definition of Frock coat
1. Noun. A long double-breasted coat with long skirts, worn by men, now only on formal occasions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frock Coat
Literary usage of Frock coat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"The uniform shall he : Black frock coat, dark gray pantaloons, and black felt
hat, with the Union cockade. C. Each man will furnish his own arms, ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"Take Cook's Travelling Coupons, but. unless you wish to be included in the category
of the "Gentlemen" of Cook's Compiler, who take a frock coat for ..."
3. In the Amazon Jungle: Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River by Algot Lange, Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1912)
"... impressiveness of a frock-coat. which I produced at the end of a long search
among my baggage and proceeded to don after extracting a tarantula and some ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1845)
"The frock-coat i> nothing more than the ancient tunic opened in front, ...
to have any degree of freedom and looseness about them, the frock-coat is the ..."
5. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"See him in the elegant frock-coat of some of his photographs and he looks much
... A black frock-coat will add seven or ten years to a man's age so far as ..."
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