paletot

Example Sentences

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The queen's shawl, or the king's paletot, were never so well carried as by Baum.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

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 Wood, Mrs. Henry

The sleeves of the paletot were studiously regulated.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

He looked as if he had been out in the rain all night without a paletot.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

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