单词 | swallow-tailed coat |
例句 | She saw before her an elderly gentleman, plump and kindly, who walked with a short tripping step, and wore the swallow-tailed coat with gilt buttons which the frock-coat had displaced. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z He always wore a black vest, swallow-tailed coat, stout silk stockings, and shoes with bright silver buckles, while a snowy white apron and faultlessly frilled shirt completed a modish and impressive costume. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z He looked for all the world like some scraggy-legged little old man, who had got up in the morning and put nothing on except a ragged swallow-tailed coat. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z He had on a swallow-tailed coat, but it did not fit him, so I conclude it was borrowed or hired for the occasion. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z A swallow-tailed coat plays the mischief with the digestion, and science has discovered that a white choker tarnishes the silver. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z A little swallow-tailed coat, once worn by Tom, hangs over the back of a chair, ready to be worn again. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z "I never saw a really swallow-tailed coat before." Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z The footman who opened the door was six feet tall, dressed in knee breeches and a swallow-tailed coat. The "Genius" He hadn't been there long before the strange gentleman came in with a swallow-tailed coat on, a white vest and cravat, with ball-gloves on his hands. Phemie Frost's Experiences It contrasted oddly with the swallow-tailed coat he wore, which had evidently been made for a much larger man; the sleeves came to his finger tips, and the tails touched his heels. The Bondwoman He wore a swallow-tailed coat, with a waistcoat of white satin and fancy knee-breeches, and upon his feet were shoes with silver buckles. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland David turned out in a new blue swallow-tailed coat, with metal buttons, of his own fabulous cut, in honor of the occasion. Tom Brown at Oxford He was in evening dress: swallow-tailed coat and white tie. Anna the Adventuress Evening Dress was "optional;" and I frankly confess, at whatever risk of his displeasure, that I had not deemed Mephistopheles worthy of a swallow-tailed coat. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Twenty minutes later, as he was solicitously examining the crease in the soft lovely black trousers, after hanging the swallow-tailed coat over a padded hanger, Snorky came in with a face of thunder. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World The Dwarf in his swallow-tailed coat and wearing a plug hat, and his face deeply furrowed with wrinkles. Twenty Years of Hus'ling Think of Paul wearing a blue swallow-tailed coat with brass buttons! Amusement: A Force in Christian Training One figure was made up with a black swallow-tailed coat, blue trousers, and a bowler hat set at a jaunty angle; the other with a woman's summer skirt and blouse and an open parasol. Pushed and the Return Push In very early boyhood, my Sunday suit was a swallow-tailed coat, and hat of the stove-pipe pattern. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman He wore a sky-blue swallow-tailed coat, whose maker had flourished in London half a century before. The Young Fur Traders He looked as natural as the day I bade him good-bye at Pontiac, and was wearing the same old silk hat, swallow-tailed coat and plaid pants. Twenty Years of Hus'ling So there he was, arrayed in jaunty cap, and a swallow-tailed coat with brass buttons. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings No! not a basque at all, but a man's black satin waistcoat! and next came objects about which there could be no doubt,—a pair of dingy old trousers, and a swallow-tailed coat! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 He wore a black, swallow-tailed coat, made, however, to set very loose upon his back, a black waistcoat, and black pantaloons. Can You Forgive Her? Admiring Bluetown gazed approvingly upon his swallow-tailed coat, his tall plume, his shining battle blade, his plated scabbard, worsted sash, and low-heeled, cowhide boots. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales No spectacles on, his hat gone, a large piece torn from his fine swallow-tailed coat, and to all appearances he had just emerged from the sewer. Twenty Years of Hus'ling Conceive the painters, each in his swallow-tailed coat, his ruffles and broad cuffs, his knee-breeches, buckles, long waistcoat, and the rest of his garments of those days, thus uniting in one acclaim. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The austere schoolmaster, with his dread insignia of birchen rod, steel-bowed spectacles, and swallow-tailed coat, was bad enough; the grinning, mischief-loving, and at times, belligerent, boys were worse. The Fatal Glove To subside from an eagle-feathered Sachem, eating succatash with an Indian Princess, into a tame civilized gentleman, in a swallow-tailed coat, handing apples to a poor little Yankee girl! The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times In a country village on such an occasion, a swallow-tailed coat was a passe-partout, as many gentry had come in from the surrounding district.” The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate As Jack stepped into the open air he peeled off his swallow-tailed coat and threw it over Ted's arm. Ted Strong's Motor Car He wore a broadcloth, swallow-tailed coat, a collar that came out at the sides of his neck and stood high under his ears; and his neck was covered with a black satin stock. Vandemark's Folly Edinburgh will be Anglicised and put in the fashionable costume of a progressive age; in the same swallow-tailed coat, figured vest and stovepipe hat worn by London, Liverpool and Manchester. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's It consisted of blue velvet knickerbockers, a white satin waistcoat, and a beautifully cut little swallow-tailed coat with pearl buttons. Penrod He was lean and thin, with swallow-tailed coat, tall hat, battered and worn, a huge necktie and heavy boots—a veritable Yankee from way back the young engineer thought. Five Thousand Dollars Reward Indoors, in the evening and during the day, he wears dark gray or black trousers, white linen, a high-buttoned black waistcoat and a plain black swallow-tailed coat or one cut with short rounded tails. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 Another jerked at the rear pockets of his swallow-tailed coat to pick out a thought there. Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out He wore a sky-blue, swallow-tailed coat, whose maker had flourished in London half-a-century before. The Young Fur Traders When Michael had on his bottle-green swallow-tailed coat with the brass buttons, he invariably assumed a certain lofty air of ceremony in addressing his companions. The Stillwater Tragedy Signor Ercole had never been known to wear a swallow-tailed coat on any occasion. A Siren If we lived on a farm, I suppose Theodore would wear cowhide boots, and pants too tight and short for him, and a swallow-tailed coat. The Wedding Guest The swallow-tailed coat was created for the Englishman andhe for it; but on all other occasions the well-dressed American leads him—leads the world, for that matter. Europe Revised The uniform of those days consisted in a schako, which spread out at the top; a short-waisted, swallow-tailed coat; and large, baggy trousers and gaiters. Reminiscences of Captain Gronow You mean: Was every unmarried male idiot who could afford a swallow-tailed coat and a clean pair of gloves cavorting about the place? The Two Vanrevels One afternoon, when nearing my own home, I met him in one of his favorite disguises,—a long blue swallow-tailed coat, striped cotton trousers, large turn-over collar, blacked face, and white hat, carrying a tambourine. Condensed Novels: New Burlesques He had on a white hat and a long swallow-tailed coat, the collar of which came clear up above his cars. The Story of a Bad Boy "A highly-respectable middle-aged rustic; a smiling, smoothly-shaven, obliging man, dressed in a blue swallow-tailed coat, with brass buttons, and exhibiting his bardic legs in a pair of extremely stout and comfortable corduroy trousers." The Queen of Hearts |
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