10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWALLOW-TAILED COAT»
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swallow-tailed coat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary:
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2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
a c.p. applied esp. to an impossible story: from ca. 1890 (0b.): not aristocratic.
swallow-tail. A dress-coat: coll.: 1835, Frith, 'I should look a regular guy in a
swallow-tail' (OED). Ex swallow-tailed coat. swallow the anchor. To settle down—
above ...
A Russian seamstress had fixed up a swallow-tailed coat for him that softened
the lines of his hump. These were his Beacon Hill clothes. "You're with the Red
Sox," Rags muttered, "not a team of cockatoos. You can throw your new duds in
the ...
rumored that he bathes frequently, changes his linen once a week whether it
needs it or not, and has a fetish for wearing a swallow- tailed coat on formal
occasions — all of which idiosyncrasies will guarantee him the hostility of the
unwashed ...
5
The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. ...
She continually talked in my company of friendship and the beanties of the mind,
and spoke of Mr. Shrimp, my rival's swallow-tailed coat, with detestation. These
were circumstances which I thought strongly in my favour; so after resolving and ...
6
Edgar Allan Poe Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque:
... a burgher who beheld him that day would have given a trifle for a peep
beneath the white cambric handkerchief which hung so obtrusively from the
pocket of his swallow-tailed coat. But what mainly occasioned a righteous
indignation was, ...
7
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe:
... for a peep beneath the white cambric handkerchief which hung so obtrusively
from the pocket of his swallow-tailed coat. But what mainly occasioned a
righteous indignation was, that the scoundrelly popinj ay, while he cut a
fandango here, ...
8
The Complete Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (Volume II of II)
... of his pumps excited no little suspicion; and many a burgher who beheld him
that day would have given a trifle for a peep beneath the white cambric
handkerchief which hung so obtrusively from the pocket of his swallow-tailed coat
. But what ...
9
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
... of his pumps excited no little suspicion; and many a burgher who beheld him
that day would have given a trifle for a peep beneath the white cambric
handkerchief which hung so obtrusively from the pocket of his swallow-tailed coat
. But what ...
10
The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe: An Annotated Edition
... of his pumps excited no little suspicion, and many a burgher who beheld him
that day would have given a trifle for a peep beneath the white cambric
handkerchief which hung so obtrusively from the pocket of his swallow-tailed coat
.
Edgar Allan Poe, Stuart Levine, Susan Levine, 1976
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWALLOW-TAILED COAT»
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swallow-tailed coat is used in the context of the following news items.
New force kept once notoriously dangerous city streets safe
Bristol's Victorian policemen were issued with a top hat, blue swallow-tailed coat, white dress trousers, cape, greatcoat and boots. Each carried a wooden ... «Bristol Post, Jun 14»
Japan PM Abe visits Yasukuni war shrine
Abe, in a formal black swallow-tailed coat and a silver tie, greeted kimono-clad officials at the shrine and entered the building just after 11.30am (0230 GMT). «The Sun Daily, Dec 13»
The First Trick
Together they were an incongruous pair: the outgoing president, short and round, wore a swallow-tailed coat and broad-brimmed silk hat, while the new ... «New York Times, Mar 11»
Whatever next, policemen in pyjamas?
They wore blue, swallow-tailed coats and tall hats – the policemen. The rowers wore long trousers and caps. In the summer, the policemen changed into white ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 10»
Judith Shulevitz, Making Room For The Sabbath
... and water, a man who may or may not be hallucinating when he encounters a little boy in a swallow-tailed coat who has himself fallen from the too-bright sky? «NPR, Mar 10»
Historian discovers unique account of John Brown's Vt. visit
Hair closely cut, beard neatly shaven, tight, stiff stock around his neck, no collar, or dickey, closely fitting swallow-tailed coat ..." the newspaper described. «Rutland Herald, Nov 09»
Groomsman Fondly Recounts Yao Ming's Marriage
Yao , dressed in a special tailor-made swallow-tailed coat, stood at the corner of the red carpet and waited for his bride Ye Li to emerge from several clusters of ... «China Internet Information Center|, Aug 07»
