raincoat

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Models strode down the pavement runway parading short, billowing capes, gold jacquard suits, colourful floral prints, tailcoats and cummerbunds, with mirrored brooches by Andrew Logan adding extra shine.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2023

Permission to use a photograph of the "class of 87" posing in their club tailcoats on the steps of Christ Church college, Oxford, was withdrawn by the rights holder,

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2021

A photograph of club members in their Bullingdon tailcoats taken in 1987 has been repeatedly republished since Cameron became Tory leader.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2019

Dapper Dan was among the Met Gala attendees who dressed for camp with an eye toward the traditional paraphernalia of masculinity: sweeping tailcoats, drooping ties, canes and walking sticks.

From The New Yorker • May 7, 2019

Smeltings boys wore maroon tailcoats, orange knickerbockers, and flat straw hats called boaters.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling