: a man's knee-length usually double-breasted coat
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Since the early nineteenth century, suits have evolved from tailcoats and pantaloons to frock coats and top hats to modern suit jackets and neckties.—Literary Hub,
25 June 2026 Men wore linen shirts, breeches, stockings, waistcoats, and frock coats.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
14 Feb. 2026 Earlier this week at a photo call in London, Robbie also dipped her toe into the late 1700s by way of a John Galliano brocade frock coat styled with a black mini skirt, thigh-high scarlet red stockings and satin Manolo Blahnik pumps.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026 Most striking among them is the eldest son, dressed in a long velvet frock coat and a battered pair of brothel creepers.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
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