I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. From LearnThat.org. [Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).]
He unhooked the epaulet and took hold of my sleeve. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
He paused to look back over his star-studded epaulet. From Wordnik.com. [The Honor Farm] Reference
There is unit number on the epaulet but I can't make it out. From Wordnik.com. [Thursday Night Art Class] Reference
He reached out and flicked a gold epaulet, leaving it swinging. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
A young officer with only one epaulet rode the other unicorn: a lieutenant. From Wordnik.com. [Advance and Retreat]
“Ah! here he is!” he cried, bringing his big hand down heavily on his epaulet. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
At every appearance, her new baby was hanging on her shoulder like it was an epaulet. From Wordnik.com. [Robert J. Elisberg: Sarah and Bristol Palin: One Child Left Behind] Reference
Some tarnished epaulet — some sword — Poor toys to soothe such anguished pain. From Wordnik.com. [Collected Poems] Reference
"Just because they gave me one epaulet doesn't mean they tell me anything," he answered. From Wordnik.com. [Advance and Retreat]
She caught a foothold and sent her sword swinging into the epaulet of the angel warrior before it. From Wordnik.com. [Time Streams]
Now I have this great black vaguely epaulet/pauldron-shaped case I'm not sure what to do with yet. From Wordnik.com. [arthropodal sauna] Reference
Fresh from wardrobe, Ralph ridiculously sports a blue and gold epaulet costume and long leather whip. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
There were places so steep she had to grab the epaulet stirrups on two of Peregrine and let him hoist her up. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
His epaulet flaps were stuffed with yankee singles; I added one to the collection as I walked in, bracing myself. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
Joram came up to the fire with a shiny new lieutenant's epaulet on the left shoulder of his old, faded gray tunic. From Wordnik.com. [Advance and Retreat]
ISRAEL IDF Army SECOND LIEUTENANT Metal Rank w/epaulet. From Wordnik.com. [Metal Rank | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
3 minutes ago, -0/+1Dugg for use of the word "epaulet". From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
It features folded shoulders with button epaulet accents. From Wordnik.com. [Shopaholics Daily] Reference
He was now in an adjutant's uniform with one epaulet and a shoulder knot. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
The judges, he of the black robe and those of the epaulet, communed together. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Cringle's Log] Reference
"Ah! here he is!" he cried, bringing his big hand down heavily on his epaulet. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
Is there a 1 or 2 stripe epaulet and if so what is that rank or what do they do?. From Wordnik.com. [Gadling] Reference
Anything with an epaulet or in a shade of army green is going to improve your rank. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
It was hand-dyed with low impact dyes and features an epaulet detail on the shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [TheGloss] Reference
M. de Faverges had fallen back on the National Guard, without obtaining the epaulet of commander. From Wordnik.com. [Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life] Reference
There was Captain Battleax seated there, beautiful with a cocked-hat, and an epaulet, and gold braid. From Wordnik.com. [The Fixed Period] Reference
I kind of thought that Emilio's reminded me a bit of Daniel V's gown - the brown one with the epaulet?. From Wordnik.com. [Tom and Lorenzo/Project Rungay - The #1 Project Runway Blog] Reference
Not worth the struggle, when he won his way from spade to epaulet in the defense of the nation's honor?. From Wordnik.com. [Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time] Reference
He shook me by the shoulder, and my heart stood still for fear he should feel the epaulet under the mantle. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Gerard] Reference
You waived your rank when you ridiculed the private, and put yourself out of the protection of your epaulet. From Wordnik.com. [The Partisan: A Tale of the Revolution. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. In Two Volumes. Vol. II] Reference
"Every courtesy young gentleman in the Mediterranean Fleet is ambitious for an epaulet," said the lieutenant. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Midshipman Easy]
From the left shoulder part of an epaulet hung, and a scabbard without any sword in it was tied around his waist. From Wordnik.com. [The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I] Reference
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