“Capting;” now he is offering a paletot to a huge giant who is going out in the rain. From Wordnik.com. [John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character] 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
He took up his paletot from the chair onto which he had thrown it on his entrance, and threw it over his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
She lived with an old woman, who was always scolding her, and who was especially angry if she tore her frock or soiled her paletot. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Short velvet cloaks, of the paletot shape, half tight, trimmed with lace, embroidered entirely in satin stitch, and with narrow braiding, are also worn. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
Every time that he passed the law-school, which rarely happened, he buttoned up his frock-coat, — the paletot had not yet been invented, — and took hygienic precautions. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
The sleeves of the paletot were studiously regulated. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference
He was a man of about thirty, with light hair, wearing a gray paletot. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon the Little] Reference
“'A present c'est un fait accompli, 'said he, readjusting his paletot ....”. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Brontes]
King Ryence, says the legend of Prince Arthur, wore a paletot trimmed with kings 'beards. From Wordnik.com. [Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography] Reference
J.J. puts his arm through his companion's, which is deep the pocket of his velvet paletot. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
Suzette would have liked a silken robe, a new bonnet, a paletot, gloves and concomitants unlimited. From Wordnik.com. [Bohemian Days Three American Tales] Reference
But the father pulled back one of the little men by his paletot, gave a grim scowl, and walked away. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
Broadly speaking, the principal garments were a paletot, trousers, and a narrow girdle tied in front. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference
The manner of folding the paletot over the breast seems to have perplexed the legislators for a time. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference
Huxter rose with great perturbation at this news, and plunged his stick into the pocket of his paletot, and seized his hat. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy] Reference
Huxter arose with great perturbation at this news, and plunged his stick into the pocket of his paletot, and seized his hat. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
Yonder he is giving a shilling to the sweeper who calls him "Capting;" now he is offering a paletot to a huge giant who is going out in the rain. From Wordnik.com. [John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character] Reference
Ourselves, Madame and her son, the Scheffers, the Sartorises, and some Lady somebody (from the Crimea last) who wore a species of paletot, and smoked. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete] Reference
'As to my wardrobe, it is less costly than curious; an alpaca paletot of a neutral tint, which I have much affected of late, having indisposed me to other wear. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Kilgobbin] Reference
At this juncture Miss Clarissa Newboy enters in a pink paletot, trimmed with swansdown -- looking like an angel -- and we exchange glances of -- what shall I say?. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh] Reference
Mr. Leech represented the other day certain delicate creatures with bewitching countenances encased in several varieties of that amazing garment, the ladies 'paletot. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete] Reference
Among our customers was a very handsome black man, with high straight nose, deep-set eyes, and a small mouth, smartly dressed in a white felt hat, paletot, and trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from the Cape] Reference
“Who is my friend with the scarlet beard and the white paletot?. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
J.J. puts his arm through his companion’s, which is deep the pocket of his velvet paletot. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
Lake’s light figure, in a gray paletot and cloth cap, glided by like a spirit in the faint moonlight. From Wordnik.com. [Wylder's Hand] Reference
"Who is my friend with the scarlet beard and the white paletot?. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
“That's really curious ” very curious!” said the man of the paletot. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Robert-Houdin]
But just a satchel, and the paletot. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Comedy] Reference
Women are mostly engaged at the paletot work. From Wordnik.com. [Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography] Reference
Many are of the paletot form, and have sleeves. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
Folding paletot. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference
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