manteau

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“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

My dress was yellow, with a yellow manteau de cour.

From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

Ung aultre bon tableau de la portraiture d'ung Espaignol habill� d'ung manteau noir, join�e de velours noir, ayant une petite chayne � son col, ayant aussi une fauce parruque.

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.