Greatcoat

Examples

• I was forced to wrap myself up in my greatcoat and woollen trousers; everything else about the bed was shockingly dirty. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It is enormous, papa; it can never be got over; it is as large as you in your greatcoat, and the snowdrift on the top. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The clerk was indoors, and was just putting on his greatcoat. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Resisting Sam's tender of his greatcoat, in order that he might have no encumbrance in scaling the wall, he set forth, followed by his attendant. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Then Meg ordered home the greatcoat, and when John arrived, she put it on, and asked him how he liked her new silk gown. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Sitting in front of the fire, with his back towards him, was a tallish gentleman in a greatcoat: the only other occupant of the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He was buttoned up to the chin in a brown coat; and had a large sealskin travelling-cap, and a greatcoat and cloak, lying on the seat beside him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I will fetch your greatcoat and open the garden door for you. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Now, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller, taking off his greatcoat with much deliberation, 'just you step out, and fetch in a watchman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He hadn't taken nothin' from the till--hadn't even put on his greatcoat--so it was quite clear he warn't gone to 'Merriker. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He was a tall, gaunt, cadaverous man, in an old greatcoat and slippers, with sunken cheeks, and a restless, eager eye. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Meg said no more, but a few minutes after he found her in the hall with her face buried in the old greatcoat, crying as if her heart would break. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

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