surtout
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A favourite of mine, in the Preludes for piano, is "En animant surtout dans l'expression", meaning "becoming more lively, particularly in the expression".
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2010
This money was divided between the owner of the horse and the rider, and Johnny bought himself spurs, boots, and a fur-lined surtout, all second hand.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Ten minutes after Johnny told him the news, Revere was in the saddle buttoning his fur-lined surtout to his ears.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Est modus in rebus, there are limits in all things, and our diplomat should have been guided by this ancient saying together with the counsel of a master, the illustrious Talleyrand, "Pas de zele, surtout!"
From My Recollections by Jules Massenet
And so he buttoned up the breast of his surtout, and put on his gloves, after pulling them off very suddenly,—and began to walk, very energetically, about the deck of the little packet.
From Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) by Thomas Cooper
There were also gentlemen-farmers, neatly, trimly, and fashionably dressed, in handsome surtouts and trousers, strapped under their boots.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 by Various
The men, and frequently also the boys, wear long dark-blue cloth surtouts, and cloth caps on their heads; so that, at a distance, they look like gentlemen in travelling dress.
From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Ida Pfeiffer
But the ice was at last broken by Gordon Fitzsimmons, as they were all standing round the fire, and adjusting their cloaks and surtouts, at the close of one of their society meetings.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
Over their shoulders they wore strips of cotton or cloth as suspenders, and their coats were tight-waisted, long-tailed surtouts such as were fashionable in the eighteenth century.
From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Henry Childs Merwin
The men had on surtouts, with belts round their waists, and light-coloured trousers.
From Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar by R. T. Landells
