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).]
It was not long after my daughter was born, and when I held out my hand to shake the movie stars I realized I had this kind of epaulette of banana sick on my black jacket. From Wordnik.com. [An Interview with Allison Pearson] Reference
But, not so, alas! my knight of the single epaulette. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
At least, the epaulette shark can do without such responses. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution versus "Intelligent Design" - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The jacket appears to have the letters “AA” on the epaulette. From Wordnik.com. [Dad Is Back (for the moment) - By Chuck Gadget « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
The white fringed strap epaulette on his right shoulder designated his rank. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantis Prophecy] Reference
The silks are worn as a headband, as a bustier and threaded through an epaulette. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion Ties the Knot] Reference
There at the side of the pitch was a chap with a crown and a pip on his epaulette. From Wordnik.com. [Satisfied? Confident? You Will Be…… « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
Their attitude varied in accordance with the number of stars they had on their epaulette. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting France] Reference
His epaulette chains, sword sling, spurs and scabbard furnishings were all of shining gold. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Devil]
This epaulette shark (Hemiscyillum freycineti) walks around the bottom of the sea on its fins. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: September 17, 2006 - September 23, 2006 Archives] Reference
The physiological mechanisms conferring protection in the epaulette shark must be multi-phase. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution versus "Intelligent Design" - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Blood from his torn ear was soaking his left epaulette with its tarnished chains and gilded eagle. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
It has the lace detailing at collar and epaulette/shoulder seams, and what look like long sleeves. From Wordnik.com. [My Son, the Fashion Designer - A Dress A Day] Reference
She felt her nose begin to run, and became anxious that she might leave mucus on the epaulette of his uniform. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Rank is indicated by markings on the sleeve, shoulder, or depending on the uniform, an epaulette on the chest. From Wordnik.com. [Rank and appointment] Reference
But there was an epaulette, albeit a shabby one, on his left shoulder, and when the clerk noticed it he added a faint "Sir". From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Crisis]
His epaulette was missing, torn off in the winter's fighting, and he realised that the blond Lieutenant had mistaken him for a Private. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
He knew him by the single epaulette on his left shoulder, the only commander in the Inshore Squadron, perhaps the only one in the Channel Fleet. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Smith had already let go of the cable and was flinging himself convulsively backward when the first of the bullets ripped off his left hand epaulette. From Wordnik.com. [Where Eagles Dare]
An interesting posting over at FINS Blog describes a post-discovery search for a as-yet undescribed species of epaulette "walking" shark from Indonesia. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
It was a time of stirring action, and before I was twenty years of age I bore upon my shoulder the epaulette of a lieutenant, earned in many a bloody fight. From Wordnik.com. [Edward Barnett; a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams or, The Earle's Victims: with an Account of the Terrible End of the Proud Earl De Montford, the Lamentable Fate of the Victim of His Passion, and the Shadow's Punishment] Reference
The flaring Bedford cord breeches, the big-buttoned tunic, the gloves perfectly folded under one epaulette, even the peak of the cap were all of the same perfect shade. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
He was a cuirassier, an officer, and even an officer of considerable rank; a large gold epaulette peeped from beneath the cuirass; this officer no longer possessed a helmet. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
Our Lt.Col. was hit by a grape-shot, which went through his coat, westcoat and shirt, to the skin on his shoulder, without doing any other damage than cutting up his epaulette. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
They knew him by the single simple epaulette on his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [True Blue] Reference
'Eh? You would promote him to another epaulette?' laughed Captain. From Wordnik.com. [Vittoria — Complete] Reference
Every one who wore an epaulette visited M. Renault's laboratory; the. From Wordnik.com. [The Man With The Broken Ear] Reference
My second epaulette did not reach me till 1830; then I took a little turn in. From Wordnik.com. [The Man With The Broken Ear] Reference
Neither epaulette nor badge is so honorable as wounds received in a good cause. From Wordnik.com. [The American Union Speaker] Reference
Malevola almost jumped out of her dog-skin when she saw the glitter of that epaulette. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic World] Reference
Spurning buttons, he aspired to the epaulette, and was appointed paymaster to the 7th Hussars. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
A stranger's hand closed his eyes, while I was gaining my first epaulette at the battle of Jena. From Wordnik.com. [The Man With The Broken Ear] Reference
We saw the burnished cannon and the bright epaulette, the gleaming button and the glancing bayonet. From Wordnik.com. [The Rifle Rangers] Reference
I wish that there was a distinction of one woollen epaulette for the corporal, and two for the serjeant. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette] Reference
It is stated in "Lincoln's Lives of the Presidents" that "she wore an epaulette, and everybody called her Captain Molly.". From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)] Reference
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