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  • noun Plural form of cloak.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cloak.

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Examples

  • But it's going to take more than a few love spells to keep him from getting jealous about her latest gig-protecting a rock star named Zane from the creepy Goth guys in cloaks who keep showing up at his concerts and zapping his mojo.

    Book Tour: Charmed & Ready - Candace Havens Nalini Singh 2008

  • But it's going to take more than a few love spells to keep him from getting jealous about her latest gig-protecting a rock star named Zane from the creepy Goth guys in cloaks who keep showing up at his concerts and zapping his mojo.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Nalini Singh 2008

  • Sarah Palin cloaks her ideas in "straight talk" to avoid them being subject to fact-checking that would happen if she were to use standard english to make the same points.

    What Sarah Palin Is Saying - Anil Dash 2008

  • This idea lays great responsibility on the shoulders of wives and mothers, at the same time enfolding them in cloaks of great power.

    Is It True that Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History? Linda 2007

  • Then the people filed out into the damp winter night, pulling their thin cloaks about them.

    Six Red Months in Russia: An Observer's Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship 1918

  • Some in long coats, and some in short cloaks; some with pantaloons; some without breeches.

    Paras. 60-83 1909

  • The husband, who wears an odd sort of _bonnet tricolore_, and several of his comrades are simply dressed in short cloaks open at the sides and ending just below the hip.

    Donatello, by Lord Balcarres David Lindsay Crawford 1905

  • Margaret turned hastily, entered the room, -- and was confronted by two young gentlemen in Spanish cloaks and broad-brimmed hats.

    Three Margarets Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

  • The serjeants-of-arms followed, and then two lines again of gentlemen-pensioners walking, bare-headed, carrying wands, in short cloaks and elaborate ruffs.

    By What Authority? Robert Hugh Benson 1892

  • The Poperinghe boy, like his London brother, hangs on the back of carts; his father and mother come to their door to watch what is going on, or to ask eagerly for news of the counter-attack; and his little brothers and sisters go tripping to school, in short cloaks with the hoods drawn over their heads, as though no war existed.

    The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend Humphry Ward 1885

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