paletot

Example Sentences

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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

With this great symbol, we have adopted others—the hat, the cigar, the paletot or round jacket.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

He wore a yellow straw-hat, and a yellowish-gray summer paletot, with yellowish-brown linen trousers.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various

A black plush paletot corresponds with her black skirt.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

He started up from the table, calling for his furred paletot, and gave orders that his sleigh and horses should be brought round.

From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)