manteau

Example Sentences

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“This is not a manteau, Khanoumi. This is a shirt.”

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2016

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

Riviere, fontaine et ruisseau Portent, en livree jolie, Gouttes d'argent d'orfavrerie, Chascun s'abille de nouveau: Le temps a laissie son manteau.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

N�ron, accoutum� � toutes les recherches de la volupt�, s'avance � cheval, les pieds nus, en chemise, couvert d'un vieux manteau dont la couleur �tait pass�e, un mouchoir sur le visage.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.