paletot

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When the loose sack or paletot takes the place of his brocade blouse, it is worn with a refinement and grace that might bring a jealous pang to the exquisite of our more refined civilization.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot

And, taking a cigar from his case, he lighted it from Guilmard's, as, with hands in his paletot, he sat negligently on the wall, surveying the scene below him.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

What does this mean? twelve francs for a superb silk-lined paletot, with a velvet collar!

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de

She wore a brown silk gown, which had the colour of Spanish wine, with a paletot of black velvet bordered with sable.

From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave

I wore a gray felt hat, a travelling paletot, and Hessian boots, such as were then the fashion in California.

From A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas by Loviot, Fanny