His face was covered with wrinkles, his hair was perfectly white; but the pelisse was the same as ever. From Wordnik.com. [Taras Bulba and Other Tales] Reference
English pelisse which afterwards came into fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
It should be called wool-waster then instead of pelisse. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
Why is St. Giles's clock like a pelisse, and unlike a cloak?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829] Reference
He rose to his feet, gathering his pelisse over his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Man-Wolf and Other Tales] Reference
The master, with the gold sable pelisse, cannot endure much wine. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
She wore a silken gown that matched her eyes and a pelisse of snow-mink. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
A pelisse was merely a jacket that was worn on one shoulder like a cloak. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
Anna said, her face as pink as the rosettes on the collar of her pelisse. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
One of the Riflemen offered Sharpe the glorious pelisse, but he declined it. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
Laura handed her mink-trimmed pelisse to a waiting footman, refusing to look at Lottie. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
She wears a high fur cap -- a sort of military pelisse with lace jabots and diamond star. From Wordnik.com. [Chateau and Country Life in France] Reference
So saying, she swooped up her pelisse and jammed her arms into it, then stomped to the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
Penelope waited to take off his hat and pelisse, and was told to come for him in five minutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891] Reference
I had on a long fur pelisse of native make, which I fancy prevented his recognising me at first. From Wordnik.com. [John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub] Reference
Over it hung his scarlet pelisse; a garment of utter uselessness but high fashion for cavalrymen. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
She shivered inside her pelisse and lowered her parasol before the wind could blow it inside out. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
And it did match exactly the warm pelisse that she was planning to wear over her pink wool dress. From Wordnik.com. [Ungrateful Governess]
"To flay your skin off, that I may make a leather jacket for myself and a pelisse for my old woman.". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
He gazed down at her — pretty, dainty Lily in her new primrose dress and pelisse and straw bonnet. From Wordnik.com. [One Night for Love]
The tall Frenchman, whose pelisse hung so elegantly from his right shoulder, paced up and down the barn. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
Arabella had decided to go out to the stables to welcome Emily before taking off her bonnet and pelisse. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
She too describes the blue pelisse trimmed with grey astrakhan, which he wore in the winter of 1853 and '54. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Louis Stevenson] Reference
She was richly dressed, and had on a heavy satin pelisse, and a blue velvet bonnet, as if about to ride out. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Another walking dress consists of pelisse and paletot of Nankin cachmere, the former beautifully embroidered. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
A woolen pelisse was draped over her slender shoulders and a matching reticule dangled from her gloved hands. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
And who is to pay for the harp, the pelisse, the bonnet, and the books that her father requested us to purchase?. From Wordnik.com. [The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies.] Reference
Louis, she continues, was dressed in a navy blue pelisse trimmed with fur, a beaver hat, a fur ruff, and white gloves. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Louis Stevenson] Reference
The pelisse was composed of the finest scarlet cloth, lined and enriched with the most beautiful sable fur imaginable. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1] Reference
Ch'ing Wen first took hold of a thread, and put it side by side (with those in the pelisse) to compare the two together. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
I have often detected the like deception in the cloth shoe, wadded pelisse, wig and spectacles, and padded chair of Age. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
The two Khivans rode first; I followed, having put on my black fur pelisse instead of the sheep-skin garment, so as to present. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
Aliena wore a deep-red silk dress ornamented by a gold brooch with rubies in it, and a dark gray pelisse with fashionably wide sleeves. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
An old flag, made new, flaunted a miracle of victory, a red pelisse lay in the mud, and Sharpe had found himself some boots and trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
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