When a hunter kills a large game animal, strips naked, takes out the guts, climbs inside, and sews up the carcass leaving only his genitals sticking out of the dead animal.
Nice shot, son! Now take your clothes off! It's time for your first CoatCloset!
Someone who hangs around popular or famous people to gain their fans and friends.
The Coat-Tail rider will do anything to please whoever they are clinging to to remain in their spot light.
When the person they're coat tail riding isn't popular anymore, they move on to someone else.
They can do this in person, on twitter or any social networking site.
Girl 1- "Did you see Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus hanging out recently? I thought Demi's bff was Selena."
Girl 2- "Well that's because She's a coat-tail rider. She hangs around Miley and Jonas because she'll get more offers if she's linked to them."
"That girl used to work at a grocery store, but she became this guys biggest coat-tail rider and earned a job as an assistant to his fashion designer sister."
Someone who rides off the coat tails of someone else to climb the 'proverbial' ladder - career, social, etc.
A coat-tailer is someone who only dates/marries or hangs around people of a certain status, (ie. salary, profession, social standing), who aspires to get the good life without earning it themselves.