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According to Jisho.org here, よ in the given sentece is defined as "3 used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention ​in mid-sentence".

##よ

Particle

  1. indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.​at sentence-end
    1000円かそこらで買えますよ。You can buy it for a thousand yen or so.

  2. used when calling out to someone​after a noun
    恋人よ、我に帰れ。Lover, come back to me.

  3. used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention​ in mid-sentence

  4. yo!​

Wikipedia definition
5. Yo (kana)​よ, in hiragana, or ヨ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora....

Apart from "teyo-dawa speech", the よ in this given sentence is called one of a "ねさよ言葉{ことば} ne-sa-yo speech".

ね and さ are used as the same function as よ in the given sentence as:

(A) それがコテンコテン しっぽ巻いて 逃げちゃった (女性的、子供 female, child)
(B) それがコテンコテン しっぽ巻いて 逃げちゃった (関東弁 Kantou dialect)
(C) それがコテンコテン しっぽ巻いて 逃げちゃった (男性的 male)

Anyway, the basic form of the given sentece is:
(D) それがコテンコテン しっぽ巻いて逃げちゃった

###Example
(E) 俺が道を歩いていたら昔の友達に会った。 When I was walking the streets I met my old friend.
(F) 俺が、道を、歩いていたら、昔の、友達に、会った
The last ぜ is not a group of nesayo-speech, but it is usually used at the last of the sentence like (F) by a man.
It is better not to imitate (F), because it is a poorly behaved way of saying.

###Bonus
(D) それがコテンコテン しっぽ巻いて逃げちゃった
If you rewrite (D) plainly, it will be like (G).
(G) 彼がどうなったかと言うと、それが、彼は誰かにコテンパンにやられ、負け犬のように尻尾{しっぽ}を巻いて逃げたよ。
The interpretation of (G) in English will be like:
As for him, he was beaten black and blue and turned tail and ran away.

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