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

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

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 Stevenson, Robert Louis

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 Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

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