paletot

Example Sentences

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If the paletot and the wrapper wish to prove any claims to gentle birth, they cannot do better than refer their wearers to the father of English poets.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

Mr. Leech represented the other day certain delicate creatures with bewitching countenances encased in several varieties of that amazing garment, the ladies' paletot.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

A black plush paletot corresponds with her black skirt.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

"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)

He was smoking as he walked; his light paletot, which was open, did not conceal his evening clothes; and he bore himself with a serious grace that immediately awakened my attention.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis