capote

Example Sentences

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The shape has almost the same shape as the capote for bullfighting, in beautiful pink silk, with yellow or blue in the back.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2015

"I could have presented the capote when the head passed, as others do, but I wanted to do it honestly, because the bull was honest," Celestino explains.

From Time Magazine Archive

When he buttoned his own big rain capote around her she trembled under his hands.

From The Mystery of The Barranca by Whitaker, Herman

Riley Tyler threw off his blanket capote, dragged from an inner pocket a disguise similar to the sheriff's and hurriedly put it on.

From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson

As he spoke, the procuratore drew a letter from under his capote, and presented it to the General.

From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne