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)

With this great symbol, we have adopted others—the hat, the cigar, the paletot or round jacket.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

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

And the colonel rejoined, "Tiens! not entirely a strong-minded female yet, I see," and as he spoke he helped her take off her long brown paletot.

From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip

He started up from the table, calling for his furred paletot, and gave orders that his sleigh and horses should be brought round.

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