paletot

Example Sentences

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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

I wore a gray felt hat, a travelling paletot, and Hessian boots, such as were then the fashion in California.

From A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas by Loviot, Fanny

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

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

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)