paletot
Example Sentences
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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 Henry Cabot Lodge
He was smoking as he walked; his light paletot, which was open, did not conceal his evening clothes; and he bore himself with a serious grace that immediately awakened my attention.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
She wore a puce silk paletot, and a brown hat trimmed with black lace; an unbecoming costume for one so tall.
From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood
Broadly speaking, the principal garments were a paletot, trousers, and a narrow girdle tied in front.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
He did not seem at all surprised to see Emma in her hat and paletot.
From Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
