paletot
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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 Ossip Schubin
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 Paul Heyse
It is hollowed out at the side and back seams, like a lady's paletot, tight over the breast, and fastened with little jet buttons.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
He took up his paletot from the chair onto which he had thrown it on his entrance, and threw it over his shoulder.
From In Direst Peril by David Christie Murray
The queen's shawl, or the king's paletot, were never so well carried as by Baum.
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
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