paletot

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A man in a hazel-coloured paletot was walking on the edge of the footpath.

From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave

Play Macbeth in a paletot, perform Othello in "pegtops," and see what effect you will produce!

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James

There were others in the open air; and in the midst of the yard stood S�n�cal with his everlasting blue paletot lined with red.

From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave

And the colonel rejoined, "Tiens! not entirely a strong-minded female yet, I see," and as he spoke he helped her take off her long brown paletot.

From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip

Mr. Leech represented the other day certain delicate creatures with bewitching countenances encased in several varieties of that amazing garment, the ladies' paletot.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John