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- noun Alternative form of
frock coat .
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Examples
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Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.
Archive 2010-03-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.
A Reminder Hal Duncan 2010
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Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.
The Scruffians Project: The Beast of Buskerville Hal Duncan 2010
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When an old miser's cook asks for some string to truss a turkey, he hands her an old shoelace out of his frockcoat pocket and says, "Give it back."
Like Dining With Rabelais Moira Hodgson 2011
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In my minds eye, I saw again the slender, elegant frame in velvet frockcoat, the sparse, straw-like hair, the cold, bleak eyes.
Black Butterfly Mark Gatiss 2008
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Hauling the man to his feet, he seized him by the front of his frockcoat and shook him none too gently.
Sexy Beast IV Kate Douglas, Deanna Lee, Dawn Thompson 2008
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She saw a rotund gentleman in a buttoned frockcoat, two ladies with parasols, and three nurses, each pushing a chaise roulante.
Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007
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Captain, with shells on his frockcoat, and a crimson sash and sabre, presented a military appearance, which made Jos quite proud to be able to claim such an acquaintance, and the stout civilian hailed him with a cordiality very different from the reception which Jos vouchsafed to his friend in Brighton and Bond Street.
Vanity Fair 2006
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He made his first appearance in a Hungarian jacket, and boots with tassels, and came on later in a frockcoat of the colour
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He invariably wore a second-hand frockcoat and slippers trodden down at heel, carried a table-napkin under his arm, and had a multitude of pimples on his cheeks.
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