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Council of Four he wore a square-tailed coat of very good, thick black broadcloth, and on his hands, which were never uncovered, gray suede gloves; his boots were of thick black leather, very good, but of a country style, and sometimes fastened in front, curiously, by a buckle instead of laces.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace John Maynard Keynes 1914

At another time the creatures may be of a large cockshafer sort, or a dreadful square-tailed thing that is especially ominous.

The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez 1895

He wears drab breeches and gaiters, and a respectable square-tailed ancient black coat.

The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Egerton Castle 1889

It was a fleeting fashion of the day, but it added a certain picturesqueness to a horseman, and seemed far enough from the times that produced the square-tailed frock-coat which the mountaineer wore, constructed of brown jeans, the skirts of which stood stiffly out on each side of the saddle, and gave him, with his broad-brimmed hat, a certain Quakerish aspect.

The Phantoms Of The Foot-Bridge 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

Silver had two guns slung about him -- one before and one behind -- besides the great cutlass at his waist and a pistol in each pocket of his square-tailed coat.

Treasure Island 1883

They are strong-legged, square-tailed, terrestrial birds, generally able to perch, have probing beaks, and build the most perfect mud or stick nests, or burrow in the ground.

The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

Silver had two guns slung about him, one before and one behind -- besides the great cutlass at his waist, and a pistol in each pocket of his square-tailed coat.

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

On the gray and muddy sidewalk the procession was very conspicuous -- the blue dress of the bride, the canary-colored breeches of one of the men, Madinier's square-tailed coat -- all gave a carnivallike air to the group.

L'Assommoir ��mile Zola 1871

He usually wore a white felt hat with the brim turned up, a velveteen or jean square-tailed coat, a scarlet plush waistcoat with little black spots, and a bright-coloured kerchief round his herculean neck, when, as often happened, it was not left entirely bare.

Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858

Valour in square-tailed coat eyes Beauty in Greek sandals, and kindles by her glances: Down with Jacobinism!

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838