open-breasted

Now there could be no shadow of doubt that this was an open-breasted cut at young Fanie van Tromp, whose affection for Katje was a matter of talk on the farms, and whose overtures that young lady had consistently sterilized with ridicule.

Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories Perceval Gibbon 1902

In place of the open-breasted shirt with the rolled-up sleeves there were tailor-made upper clothes, with the collar and cravat also of civilization, and the hat -- it was perhaps fortunate for the rider that he had not met any true denizens of the unfettered highlands on the lonely trail from Jack's

Empire Builders Francis Lynde 1893

The men are still in jackets and breeches, and, with their slouched and pointed hats and open-breasted shirts and rattling leather leggings, may remind one sufficiently of the

Italian Hours Henry James 1879

Susan's heart was cunning to reproach her duke for the difference of the scene she beheld from that of the innocent open-breasted land.

Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Susan's heart was cunning to reproach her duke for the difference of the scene she beheld from that of the innocent open-breasted land.

The Tale of Chloe George Meredith 1868

Susan's heart was cunning to reproach her duke for the difference of the scene she beheld from that of the innocent open-breasted land.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

The waistcoat, which seemed to be of the same material as the coat, was very open-breasted, and displayed a considerable array of shirt front.

The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales John Charles Dent 1864

Dr. Benjamin set me down before his one window and began looking at me with such a superhuman air of sagacity, that I felt like one of those open-breasted clocks which make no secret of their inside arrangements, and almost thought he could see through me as one sees through a shrimp or a jelly-fish.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

Dr. Benjamin set me down before his one window and began looking at me with such a superhuman air of sagacity, that I felt like one of those open-breasted clocks which make no secret of their inside arrangements, and almost thought he could see through me as one sees through a shrimp or a jelly-fish.

The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

However, I am a little obstinate, as you know, on the chapter of health, and have persisted through this Siberian winter in not adding a grain to my clothes, and in going open-breasted without an under waistcoat.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757