She stood challengingly at my open door, in oilskins, sou'wester, and sea-boots. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 34] Reference
He glanced at the old captain, shivering in oilskins at the binnacle and holding on for dear life. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Farrington: Able Seaman] Reference
A suit of oilskins from the slop-chest and found them to be of greatly inferior quality. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
Tristram in shining oilskins brought up their bags. From Wordnik.com. [The Trumpeter Swan] Reference
"Judith Lynn," had answered the boy-one in oilskins. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea] Reference
Darry had cast off his oilskins, as being in the way. From Wordnik.com. [Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast] Reference
In Tarpaulin and oilskins she did not look like a Judith. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea] Reference
The two men wore hooded oilskins that glinted as they moved. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
He took up his oilskins from the floor and slipped into them. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
I think it's in the cubbyhole where we keep our oilskins, you know. From Wordnik.com. [Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie] Reference
Mollie gasped out, as, clad in oilskins, they rushed madly down the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
He was gone but a second and emerged from the cabin in a heavy suit of oilskins. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage with Captain Dynamite] Reference
I dashed out of the front door and met two dreadful looking creatures in oilskins. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetapple Cove] Reference
Even before I had finished putting on my oilskins the water was dashing over us, and old. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetapple Cove] Reference
Father Ralph was standing on the veranda, wet and muddy, in riding clothes and oilskins. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
It was a quarter to eleven, and the men were donning their oilskins, with a view to hauling. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
It was Dr. Grant, engaged in the very necessary formality of removing his dripping oilskins. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetapple Cove] Reference
Neither the poncho nor the oilskins could keep me dry when the sea had broken over the sloop. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
Percy, who was wielding his splitting-knife with good effect, as his oilskins showed, glanced up quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The next morning, his sturdy figure garbed in oilskins, he started out with his son and Jim for Clay Bank. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The two brothers had donned their oilskins which were glistening with moisture in the fading light of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island] Reference
Dressing himself in oilskins and rubber boots, he paraded up and down the store, much to the proprietor's disgust. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
First, they paid no heed to that; but, finally, one man in oilskins jumped into the sea to catch hold of part of the rope. From Wordnik.com. [Some Naval Yarns] Reference
Anthony Barraclough, wrapped in a suit of borrowed oilskins, leaned against the deck-house and grinned at the breaking day. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
Not until the last hake lay on the top of its brethren in the hogshead did he take off his oilskins and prepare for his visit to the yacht. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
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