The red-coated chasseur had judged very well indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
As the woman passed screaming, "You red-coated devil,". From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
This was not at all to the red-coated gentleman's liking. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Guides] Reference
The red-coated men pushed their muskets over the embrasures. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Siege]
They reminded one of line upon line of miniature red-coated soldiers on parade. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
It was a long way; and the horse was a plodding horse, a red-coated hairy horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
He was staring at the effigy of his high-collared, red-coated great-grandfather. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Spoon] Reference
He spoke loudly as he noticed a red-coated Briton loitering at the end of the passage. From Wordnik.com. [The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country] Reference
The red-coated starter began the long slow amble under the grandstand, onto the track. From Wordnik.com. [Murder to Go]
The longboats landed their red-coated troops, then were launched back through the surf. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Siege]
At the burial site, a firing party of red-coated Royal Marines stood waiting at attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
The variant color and fashion of the expedition, -- the red-coated regulars, the blue-coated. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of Pittsburgh] Reference
One can quite imagine the concern of these red-coated knights of the saddle for the lost child. From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
He had joined the 95th Rifles and later commanded the red-coated Prince of Wales's Own Volunteers. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
The line of ten red-coated Dragoons behind her, sabers drawn and clearly under command, did not move. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]
To Rebecque it seemed that the red-coated infantry simply disappeared beneath the swarm of mounted killers. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
The two red-coated ranks pulled the corks from their musket barrels and unwrapped the damp rags from the locks. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Honour]
In the public mind, the red-coated horseman is often emblematic of the Conservative Party and its gentried elite. From Wordnik.com. [GUNNING FOR THE HUNT] Reference
As Spendlove went forward with it, through the cordon of red-coated marines, Hornblower was tempted to call him back. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
The Guard had been defeated by a remnant of red-coated killers who had sprung from the mud to maul an Emperor's glory. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
At ten o'clock that night, Tom was telling his troubles to a red-coated man behind a chromium bar on Forty-ninth Street. From Wordnik.com. [Get Out of Our Skies!] Reference
I once heard a master ask of a red-coated stranger who was certainly more often among the hounds than he need have been. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting Sketches] Reference
The speaker, a very young red-coated British Lieutenant whose face was running with sweat, displayed too much contrition. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Devil]
It is a beautiful sight, with the red-coated huntsmen following, and it looks as if the real fox would be attainable after. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
The first blast of grapeshot, instead of taking the red-coated Marines in a storm of metallic death, spattered into the sand. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Siege]
After the Namibian police band played three national anthems, Mandela inspected the red-coated ceremonial 21st Guards Battalion. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
After the Namibian police band played three national anthems, Mandela inspected the red-coated ceremonial 21st Guards Batallion. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Over the bridge marched red-coated Companies, Company after Company, an Army outflanking an enemy and going further into France. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Siege]
Scarcely had my head touched the pillow when I was besieged by an army of red-coated secessionists, who set upon me without mercy. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time] Reference
He was as good as his word; he composed his regiment of red-coated brothers, of gloomy religionists, whom he made obedient tigers. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Curiously enough sailors call the ships used to carry our red-coated soldiers from one part of the world to another, lobster-boxes. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886] Reference
The skirmishers of the red-coated Coldstream Guards were falling back fast, evidently ordered not to make a fight of it among the trees. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
Sharpe wondered why Vivar was so interested in the French Dragoons who had been led by a red-coated chasseur and a black-coated civilian. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
A ragged answering volley splintered the thigh of a red-coated Lieutenant who swore, fell, and watched in disbelief as his blood soaked his white breeches. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
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