paletot

Example Sentences

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He did not seem at all surprised to see Emma in her hat and paletot.

From Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

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

The manner of folding the paletot over the breast seems to have perplexed the legislators for a time.

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

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

She wore a brown silk gown, which had the colour of Spanish wine, with a paletot of black velvet bordered with sable.

From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave