"Bill called a greatcoat-clad sergeant over to stand at the fifty-yard target backstop. From Wordnik.com. [hellinahandbasket.net] Reference
John stuffed the manuscript into his greatcoat pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
Hazel tucked her head deeper into her greatcoat collar. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
She wears a greatcoat in winter exactly like a man's. '. From Wordnik.com. [Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story] Reference
His greatcoat hung open and he wore neither scarf nor gloves. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
He tucked her hand into his greatcoat pocket, and held it there. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
The Steel Coffin and the army greatcoat on the autobahn — for whom?. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
His coat, with his greatcoat, had been thrown over the foot of the bed. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Duchess]
It was a man wearing an old army greatcoat several sizes 100 big for him. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
"Go, then, but you have no greatcoat, take something to wrap yourself in.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
All night she sat awake huddled under her greatcoat in the chilly darkness. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
He then moved towards the door, putting on his greatcoat as he walked along. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
I was wearing a greatcoat, and had all my equipment strapped on over the top. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
The nobleman whipped a greatcoat from his shoulders and tossed it to the landlord. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
His greatcoat and the blanket were bunched around him, leaving him largely uncovered. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Duchess]
Not a great talker, he thought and suggested she might like to take off her greatcoat. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
I feel all round the back of my greatcoat and find I have been sleeping in a pool of water. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
He eyed the blankets again, noted their thinness, and reached regretfully for his greatcoat. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Duchess]
His wife pointed out that all Bob could rustle up was a standard army greatcoat without even. From Wordnik.com. [Coming of Age: 1939-1946] Reference
It wore a blue jacket with slashed sleeves and braided edging and a greatcoat of pilot-cloth. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
In cold weather, a greatcoat of frieze (a shaggy-piled woolen fabric) was worn over the costume. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
Again he knocked, and Green, unbuttoning his greatcoat, flung it off and laid it across his arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
The doctor had put on a small riding wig with an eelskin cue, and was getting into his greatcoat. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
My greatcoat had kept out the rain, but it had not kept out the chill of the West Highland night. From Wordnik.com. [The Sleuth of St. James's Square] Reference
I spent that night in my greatcoat on the stone floor of the room, and not much of a night at that. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
A large "regulation" waterproof, a rain-coat or Burberry, and a warm greatcoat will all be required. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
He was standing just outside the doors, facing outward, his greatcoat pulled tightly around himself. From Wordnik.com. [Violists] Reference
My pockets -- and I had a good number, as I was wearing my greatcoat -- were filled with a variety of objects. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
I had not worn my greatcoat for ages when I was in Shaiba and had not polished the brass but it was much colder in. From Wordnik.com. [Coming of Age: 1939-1946] Reference
Hiram saw a well-built man in a gray greatcoat and slouch hat, holding the reins over the backs of the spirited horses. From Wordnik.com. [Hiram the Young Farmer] Reference
A small thin man, with gentle grey eyes, short curly beard, an old black greatcoat and a black square felt hat, comes in. From Wordnik.com. [A Student in Arms Second Series] Reference
When he jumped in alongside of me he picked up several spent splinters of shell that had fallen on my greatcoat as I slept. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
The ticket agent put on his greatcoat, and, bidding Simmons keep his wits about him for once in his life, departed for home. From Wordnik.com. [Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform] Reference
Bundled in a greatcoat, collar high, trousers rolled up, he ducked out of the great marble and iron vestibule into the night. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
His next words, spoken as he stepped back into the cabin and shook himself free of his greatcoat, were brusquely non-committal. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
I rolled myself round with straw, and still retaining all my clothes, greatcoat, balaclava, muffler, trench boots, I went to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
Methodist non-commissioned officer perceiving my sorry plight most seasonably procured for me the loan of a capital military greatcoat. From Wordnik.com. [With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back] Reference
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