Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fitting close to the body.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Fitting the
body exactly; setting close, as agarment .
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Examples
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He had on when last seen on West River, a close-bodied blue cloth coat with brass buttons, drab pantaloons, and a low crown and very narrow brim beaver hat; he wore a small goatee, is pleasant when spoken to, and very polite; about five feet ten inches high; copper-colored.
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In a few moments he returned with a close-bodied carriage, and when I was seated in it he ordered the driver to go to the
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It consisted of a close-bodied jacket, of a deep crimson colour, but of coarse texture.
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Observe the cleanly attention of the waiters, neatly habited in close-bodied vests, with white aprons before them: watch the quickness of their motions, and you will be convinced that no scouts of a camp could be more _on the alert_.
Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798
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I did give my wife 10s. to give him, and a coat that I had by me, a close-bodied light-coloured cloth coat, with a gold edgeing in each seam, that was the lace of my wife's best pettycoat that she had when I married her.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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I did give my wife 10s. to give him, and a coat that I had by me, a close-bodied light-coloured cloth coat, with a gold edgeing in each seam, that was the lace of my wife's best pettycoat that she had when I married her.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 26: January/February 1663-64 Samuel Pepys 1668
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I did give my wife 10s. to give him, and a coat that I had by me, a close-bodied light-coloured cloth coat, with a gold edgeing in each seam, that was the lace of my wife's best pettycoat that she had when I married her.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1664 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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I did give my wife 10s. to give him, and a coat that I had by me, a close-bodied light-coloured cloth coat, with a gold edgeing in each seam, that was the lace of my wife's best pettycoat that she had when I married her.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1663/64 Pepys, Samuel 1664
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