Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coat forming part of a livery-dress—especially, in modern times, of that of a man servant.
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Examples
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“Take the livery-coat of that noble prisoner,” said Captain
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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A lady entered, accompanied by a girl of eighteen, her daughter, and followed by a lackey in a furred livery-coat.
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A lady entered, accompanied by a girl of eighteen, her daughter, and followed by a lackey in a furred livery-coat.
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A tall old porter used to stand there in a long livery-coat and a cocked-hat; on holidays he appeared in the traditional garb of the Parisian "Suisse," magnificent in silk stockings and a heavily laced coat of dark green, leaning upon his tall mace -- a constant object of wonder to the small boys of the quarter.
Saracinesca 1881
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He had kept his brown livery-coat, only his wife had taken the silver buttons off and put brass ones instead, because they did not think it polite to Mr. Coleman in his fallen fortunes to let his crest be seen upon the box of a cab.
At the Back of the North Wind George MacDonald 1864
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'I've been making Jem try on his livery-coat that he hasn't worn this three or four years, -- he's got too stout for it now.'
Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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"George," and get a livery-coat for Thomas, which I've long been wanting, only dear Mr. Gibson did not like it, but on an occasion like this I'm sure he won't mind; and Thomas shall go on the box, and -- '
Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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In vain the regent said to him, at each new favor that he granted, "Dubois, take care, it is only a livery-coat that I am putting on your back."
The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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A lady entered, accompanied by a girl of eighteen, her daughter, and followed by a lackey in a furred livery-coat.
Taras Bulba and Other Tales Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol 1830
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He lived with a Doctor, and carried nostrums from morning till night: his master giving him a livery-coat, to raise his own consequence with those he attended.
Anecdotes and Observations, Reflections and Critical Remarks 1824
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