paletot

Example Sentences

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He took up his paletot from the chair onto which he had thrown it on his entrance, and threw it over his shoulder.

From In Direst Peril by Murray, David Christie

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 came to keep the appointment in a big paletot, lined with red flannel, like the one S�n�cal used to wear in former days.

From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave

It is hollowed out at the side and back seams, like a lady's paletot, tight over the breast, and fastened with little jet buttons.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

The manner of folding the paletot over the breast seems to have perplexed the legislators for a time.

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