paletot

Example Sentences

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He looked as if he had been out in the rain all night without a paletot.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

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

There were others in the open air; and in the midst of the yard stood S�n�cal with his everlasting blue paletot lined with red.

From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave

When the loose sack or paletot takes the place of his brocade blouse, it is worn with a refinement and grace that might bring a jealous pang to the exquisite of our more refined civilization.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot

"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)