disguisement

Example Sentences

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And go back in what disguisement I might, there was no selling a bootlace, nor begging a crust of bread there—there, where he lived.

From Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

In the case of Numa this is related as a fact, but it is only a disguisement of the right derived from the ritual books.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John

Hardship and neglect had so far altered my appearance that, even had I cared for it, any artificial disguisement was unnecessary.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James

No, I'll promise you, I sha'n't put on no such disguisement.

From Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Burney, Fanny

One is the Spanish mantilla; that plain black scarf which forms the sweetest disguisement a woman can put on: by its simplicity, and its obvious utility, it claims our approbation at the first glance.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various