pardessus

• “H. wore a splendid Lucia de Lammermoon…also, a cream-colored mantilla-shaped pardessus, with a deep gore in the neck…garnished with ruches, and radishes and things.”

  Simon & Schuster: Mark Twain

• “Elle s'aprocha d'abord du bris, pardessus lequel les vagues passoient; puis elle nagea vers le lieu ou l'on avoit dresse des tentes, quand la chaloupe du vaisseau peri partit, pour ceux qu'elle n'avoit pu recevoir, et qui devoient attendre la qu'on vint les y prendre.”

  Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1

• “A pardessus like a little pelisse; a close fitting body, moderately open on the bosom; bordered with a very rich fancy trimming.”

  Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851

• “A pardessus or polka jacket of cinnamon-colored cloth or merino.”

  The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851

• “The pardessus is confined in front (not quite so low as the waist) by a gilt agrafe.”

  The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851

• “She is dead now, _la grisette_, even in Paris, and "hic jacet" may be written over the bonnet she threw _pardessus les moulins_.”

  Without Prejudice

• “Noticing that her pardessus was bespattered with mud, he seemed to be much vexed, and the exquisitely-elegant gentleman (l'homme de toutes les elegances) began to rub off with his small, white hands the stains which on any other person would have caused him disgust.”

  Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician

• “L'individu empoche l'argent, s'en va, et en s'en allant est-ce qu'il ne donna pas un coup de pouce pardessus l'epaule, comma ca, au pauvre Daniel, en disant de son air delibere: -- Eh bien! je ne vois pas qua cette grenouille ait rien de muiex qu'une autre.”

  Sketches New and Old

• “Tout en restant bourgeoise, elle est pardessus tout prodigue.”

  Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II.

• “But the matter is of such importance, that one must _passer pardessus toutes ces finesses de sentiment.”

  Anna Karenina

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