talma

Example Sentences

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According to this article many women wore a small talma or cape which hid the figure to some extent.

From Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States by Kidwell, Claudia B.

He usually wore a talma of coarse fabric, loose and reaching to his hips.

From The Vigilance Committee of 1856 by O'Meara, James

King shrugged himself into the talma cape, which he usually wore on the streets.

From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Stellman, Louis J. (Louis John)

Young Charles P—— told me that Count Orloff's sable-lined talma was of the most unexceptionable Parisian cut.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry

He is in plain black, with a talma thrown over his shoulders.

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton