sou'wester

Charley pulled his sou'wester over his eyes, and I followed his example, though I could not guess the idea he evidently had in mind and intended to carry into execution.

The King of the Greeks 2010

It seemed to drive up as well as down, piercing its way under my sou'wester, through my oilskins, down my tight-buttoned collar, and into my sea-boots.

CHAPTER XXVIII 2010

His sou'wester, black and glistening, was like the helmet of some legendary hero.

CHAPTER XXX 2010

Miss West, having deserted the scene five minutes before, returned, a proper sea-woman, clad in oil-skins, sou'wester, and long sea-boots.

CHAPTER XXVIII 2010

All I possessed were on me, and they were as follows: a pair of sea-boots that providentially leaked the water out as fast as it ran in, a pair of fifty-cent overalls, a forty-cent cotton shirt, and a sou'wester.

Chapter 12 2010

She stood challengingly at my open door, in oilskins, sou'wester, and sea-boots.

CHAPTER XXXIV 2010

So short was he that he was all sea-boots and sou'wester.

CHAPTER II 2010

He starts by donning his sou'wester and looking at the plight of the UK's fishing industry – how many fish are left, which species need to be left alone to replenish – but finds that things are more complicated than at first glance.

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With numb fingers inside my thick mitten, I drew aside the ear-flap of her sou'wester and shouted:

CHAPTER XXXIV 2010

I had no hat, so I had to wear the sou'wester, and it will be noted that I have listed neither underclothes nor socks.

Chapter 12 2010