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
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
Mr. Leech represented the other day certain delicate creatures with bewitching countenances encased in several varieties of that amazing garment, the ladies' paletot.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
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)
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
