paletot

Example Sentences

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The sleeves of the paletot were studiously regulated.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

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

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

He came to keep the appointment in a big paletot, lined with red flannel, like the one S�n�cal used to wear in former days.

From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave

Instantly he stripped the garment from his shoulders, like a paletot, saw it dissolve in thin air, and glided unimpeded through the door and across the court.

From At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas by Heyse, Paul