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Among them were long-shore fellows in swallow-tails and round hats, fishermen in jerseys and fur-skin caps, smugglers in big boots and flushing coats; and not a few whose whitey-brown faces, and close-cropped hair, made it no difficult matter to guess that their last residence was within the walls of a gaol.
From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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-- He tossed his black fur-skin cap half-way to his head, and he wheeled round as he caught it, saying,
The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) Nehemiah Adams 1842
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The truth was, that she had run into her little cabin, pulled off her dress, blackened her face and hands, put on the fur-skin cloak, and was
Grimm's Fairy Tales Wilhelm Grimm 1822
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