paletot

Example Sentences

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Play Macbeth in a paletot, perform Othello in "pegtops," and see what effect you will produce!

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James

It was the heavenly fashion then to wear a long, light, loose paletot of China silk—the early dust-coat, before it had been spoiled.

From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada

She wore a puce silk paletot, and a brown hat trimmed with black lace; an unbecoming costume for one so tall.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry

"Come, let us begone at once," he said, folding his paletot closely, and drawing her arm through his.

From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

The queen's shawl, or the king's paletot, were never so well carried as by Baum.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold