pelerine
Example Sentences
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He noticed that her dress was indeed plainer, and yet she seemed quite concerned over the water-soaked state of that cheap thin silk pelerine and merino skirt.
From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Harte, Bret
Upon second thoughts, I think I will have the green pelerine scolloped, and the blue one pointed.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
She was next informed that she could not be presentable without a French pelerine of embroidered muslin.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
The fall of every curl had she studied well that morning, and the folds of the muslin pelerine over her shoulders.
From Madelon A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
Her shoulders were covered with a fringed pelerine, which had nothing at all remarkable about it, but which she wore as if it were a sacerdotal vestment, or the symbol of some high civic function.
From The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by France, Anatole
