morning coat
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈmɔrnɪŋ koʊt/
- UK
:
chaqué
- The actor was dressed in a morning coat and ascot.
- morning coat and striped trousers
- morning coat and top hat
- wear a morning coat
Examples
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Where's the morning coat and striped pants?
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He wore a morning coat and pinstriped trousers.
Fiction book (1997) -
Behind her, two men try to keep up, the wind chasing the tails of their morning coats.
Fiction book (1999) -
We see champagne, white lace, and the musicians wearing morning coats.
Fiction book (1995) -
He wears a morning coat and top hat with the biggest smile in the world.
Fiction book (1993) -
As an officer of the court, Suter appears in a morning coat when the court is in session and sits to the left of the bench.
Academic text (2011) -
Uncle Ernest, resplendent in his morning coat, finds him eavesdropping.
Fiction book (1999) -
Ingeborg, when you talk to that tailor... I also want some striped pants... a morning coat, and a white waistcoat.
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He was wearing a morning coat, striped trousers, a tuxedo shirt, and carrying a gray silk striped cravat in his hand.
Fiction book (1999) -
At the wedding, the groom wore a stylish morning coat that complemented his formal attire.
Synonyms
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8.8
A formal men's coat short at the front with long tails at the back
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'morning' and 'coat' can reasonably infer that a 'morning coat' is a coat associated with the morning or daytime, so the basic compositional idea is clear. However, the term refers to a specific, conventionalized formal jacket with a cutaway front and tails — details and register are not predictable from the constituents alone, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Morning coat comes from a long-ago custom: people wore this special coat in the morning or during the day for formal events. That's why the name now means 'a formal jacket worn during the day', often with a short front and long tails at the back.