| 单词 | claw-hammer coat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclaw-hammer coat C1. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). As a modifier, esp. in claw-hammer coat. Designating a tailcoat for formal wear (because of the supposed resemblance of the tails to the split head of a claw hammer). Also: designating the tails of such a coat. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1842 Boston Post 10 Aug. A tall fellow, dressed in a claw-hammer coat that had once been blue. 1844 Knickerbockier Dec. 562 I rigged myself in my best claw-hammer jacket, a pair of trousers which sheeted home at the bottom, and rowed on shore. 1897 M. E. M. Davis Elephant's Track 219 The low-cut vest gave him a queerish sensation; the coat made him blush. He pulled uneasily at the claw-hammer tails. 1936 Daily Mail (Hull) 17 Oct. 4/4 As for the claw hammer coat and the rest of that grim ensemble in which the unhappy Englishman is expected to go gay,..[etc.]. 1994 G. Bowering Shoot! ii. 19 He had a black clawhammer coat and a black hat. < as lemmas |
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