montera

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His hat was like a helmet, or Spanish montera; and his locks curled below it decently: they were of colour brown.

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  • Dressed in the manner of the peasants, on his head a montera, a species of leathern helmet, with jacket and trousers of the same material, and mounted on Sidi Habismilk, he looked so unlike the conventional missionary that the housewife may be excused who mistook him for a pedlar selling soap In some villages where the people were without money, they received Testaments in return for refreshing the missionaries. —  The Life of George Borrow
  • En fait dès que ce soft aura évolué et sera un peu débuggé, il montera en puissance et en note, sans aucun doute. —  Pocket Pc Freeware
  • On le montera bientôt. " —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866
  • His hat was like a helmet, or Spanish montera; and his locks curled below it decently: they were of colour brown. —  New Atlantis
  • Madame ne montera jamais ce vilain escalier. —  Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales
 

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