January, muffled in sheepskin coat and cap, receives his bags, and goes forth alone on his terrible journey of nearly. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
My sheepskin is a capital thing, too: it serves me as a coat and a mattress, both. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Anton Chekhov] Reference
Even in summer the sun is none too hot on this hill-top; and a sheepskin is a garment one must be used to, it appears. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
In order to get your diploma, one of the things you have to suffer through in order to get the sheepskin is the graduation speech. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 27, 2005] Reference
"sheepskin" - that's what he called it & dash; then got a handshake from the principal and that was it. From Wordnik.com. [news from me] Reference
The "sheepskin" answered every other purpose for trade. From Wordnik.com. [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference
I thought that there was even a "sheepskin" effect from completing the last month of high school. From Wordnik.com. [High School: Don't Bother to Graduate [UPDATE--my error], Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Never was a college graduate prouder of his "sheepskin" than the old-timer of this appellation. From Wordnik.com. [Housekeeping In The Klondike] Reference
At length, on June 14th, I received the reward of my labors, my "sheepskin," the United States Military Academy. From Wordnik.com. [The colored cadet at West Point : autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy,] Reference
"sheepskin" for the first time, was when I heard my name read in the list. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Ossian Flipper The Colored Cadet at West Point]
"sheepskin" and be want to consider him his fellest foe and a most consumate villain. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from William H. McLaurin to D. A. McLaurin, [October] 2, 1860] Reference
From a cupboard he got a large sheepskin, and with. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Success sans sheepskin isn't only for the technology set. From Wordnik.com. [Some say bypassing a higher education is smarter than paying for a degree] Reference
The warmest double-wool sheepskin is spread as a couch for him. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
We had the leather sheepskin lined flying suit and it was very warm. From Wordnik.com. [The Biography of a Rabbit] Reference
Kid gloves are not kid at all, but are made of lambskin or sheepskin. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Baptist in his sheepskin, and, most ridiculous of all, poor Vincent de. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The den is decorated with sheepskin rugs and an orange Naugahyde chair. From Wordnik.com. [A Reagan Shrine In The Sky] Reference
Even the peasants wear sheepskin coats, bell-shaped and richly embroidered. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915] Reference
The man was a typical cowboy, with a bright red neckerchief and sheepskin chaps. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery] Reference
He wore a sheepskin coat, and resembled the old shepherds in pictures of the Nativity. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
On the top of the mattress lay an enormous coat, lined throughout with black sheepskin. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
We marvel at the sudden rise of the flying jacket – in leather, sheepskin or shearling. From Wordnik.com. [The aviator jacket takes off] Reference
"Kuopio" was printed as "Koupio" in the original. lined throughout with black sheepskin. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
The Ali at once extended both hands, and, grasping mine, drew me beside him on the sheepskin. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
In 1807 a printer named Maxwell made a sheepskin roller which he introduced into Philadelphia. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
He had fur cuffs and collar on his long sheepskin coat, and his boots were strong and well made. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915] Reference
Thus Ferguson learnt astronomy from the heavens while wrapped in a sheepskin on the highland hills. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
He then discovered that the Beetles standing around him were armed with sheepskin bladders attached to sticks. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
When a man gets a sheepskin from this school, he doesn't need to go scuffling around for work; he already has a job. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
Samson threw a sheepskin over his back and put the boy on it and tramped along within arm's reach of Joe's left leg. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
The man wore big boots, and his trousers, instead of being of cloth as were those of Bert's father, were made of sheepskin. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West] Reference
Then as the big man in the red shirt and sheepskin trousers happened to remember that he was there to advertise the show he began saying. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West] Reference
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