coat-tail

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coat-tail

noun coat-tails

alternative Alternative form of coattail At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor.

verb coat-tails · coat-tailing · coat-tailed

alternative Alternative form of coattail

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@misc{coat_tail_2026,
  title = {coat-tail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coat-tail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}