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

This rug is to the Montenegrino what the capote is to the Greek and Albanian, his companion in all weathers—his shelter against the storm, and his bed at night.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

The warm tongue sought the face of the drowsy man, and the dog, not to be put off, thrust her nose roughly into his robe, whimpering as she pulled at his capote.

From The Whelps of the Wolf by Marsh, George P.

The man was alone, muffled in a great capote, carrying a rifle over his shoulder, and something on his back—possibly his game.

From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie