manteau
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A well-groomed woman, wearing a fashionable manteau and with a fully made-up face—perhaps she was the boy’s mother—whispered loudly from the line to him.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 26, 2016
My clients are the slightly more creative ones, not the standard pin stripe/porte manteau types.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2012
My dress was yellow, with a yellow manteau de cour.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
From the description of the blooming fair, as she appeared when she lowered her manteau vert, I am hopeful you have not dropt the acquaintance.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
"From a worthy man who died five years ago, whose name is as popular and as reverentially blessed in Chaillot as the Petit manteau bleu in Paris."
From A Cardinal Sin by Eugène Sue
The stores are very low, sir: Some dolly petticoats, and manteaus we have; and half a 070 dozen pair of laced shoes, bought from court at second hand.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott
A general distinction may be made not to include sleeved garments with the cloaks; but several of the manteaus had loose, large, flowing sleeves, and some like Madam Symonds's had detached sleeves.
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle
I myself packed a trunk for her with every conceivable necessity, as well as gowns and manteaus of the finest material and the most elegant fashion.
From The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York by Theo. Hampe
Gowns seem never to have been sent, but manteaus, mantles, and "ferrandine" cloaks appear frequently.
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle
We were all in light clothes: Mom, Laleh, and Mamou with white headscarves and manteaux, and me, Dad, and Babou in our white caps.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
Mom said those were called manteaux, which was yet another word Farsi may or may not have borrowed from the French.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
Kings, princes, and 'Seigneurs graves,' in dancing the pavan on great occasions, wear their 'grands manteaux, et robes de parade.'
From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Edward W. (Edward Woodall) Naylor
It is more dressy than the manteaux, marking the waist, and descending in front in square ends.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
We ladies, in walking out, allowed our manteaux to trail behind us.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
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