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inverness

[in-ver-nes, in-ver-nes] / ˌɪn vərˈnɛs, ˈɪn vərˌnɛs /


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James A. Fitzpatrick visits some of the famous locales in Scotland, from inverness to Loch Ness.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2020

The bold checks he favored for jackets and the inverness Sherlock Holmes coats he often wore accented an epicurean life-style that would have fit grandly in the Edwardian era.

From Time Magazine Archive

His concluding words were addressed to the horizontal folds of the inverness that streamed from the shoulders of P. Sybarite as he bolted unhindered through the Fifth Avenue doorway.

From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William

With his hands thrust deep in the sack-like pockets of his inverness he drifted from treasure to treasure—uninvited, from room to room—like some rudderless craft.

From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax

Armitage had lost his hat in the area; his light walking-stick lay in the middle of the floor; his inverness coat hung wet and bedraggled about him; his shirt was crumpled and soiled.

From The Port of Missing Men by Nicholson, Meredith




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