coat-tail
Collocations
3VERB + COAT-TAIL
ride
COAT-TAIL + NOUN
PREP.
in, on
Definitions
noun
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.
He paced the floor uneasily, his hands under his coat-tails.
verb
Alternative form of coattail.
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4At 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 di
WiktionaryHe paced the floor uneasily, his hands under his coat-tails.
WiktionaryHe could merely urge his heavy bulk onward toward the fast fleeing train; and dashed up the platform, overcoat streaming from his arm, coat-tails flying, hat crushed down upon his head, his fat, becha
WiktionaryDo not always ride on someone's coat-tail.
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