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  • He resembled a gentile lost in a fog, wearing a suede touring cap and a doublebreasted raincoat with epaulets, gun flaps, raglan sleeves, he knows these terms from years in dry cleaning, broad-welt pockets, belt loops, sleeve straps and so many buttons he felt dressed for life.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • He resembled a gentile lost in a fog, wearing a suede touring cap and a doublebreasted raincoat with epaulets, gun flaps, raglan sleeves, he knows these terms from years in dry cleaning, broad-welt pockets, belt loops, sleeve straps and so many buttons he felt dressed for life.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • He resembled a gentile lost in a fog, wearing a suede touring cap and a doublebreasted raincoat with epaulets, gun flaps, raglan sleeves, he knows these terms from years in dry cleaning, broad-welt pockets, belt loops, sleeve straps and so many buttons he felt dressed for life.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • He pulled a handkerchief from the breast pocket of his dark blue doublebreasted suit jacket, and mopped the heavy sweat from his face.

    The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995

  • In her place sat a no-nonsense businesswoman wearing a doublebreasted navy jacket and slim gray skirt.

    Too Many Bosses Freed, Jan 1995

  • She ran all the way to A Revolutionary Mannage 17 7 my father's quarters, still wearing her blue "Lenin suit," a uniform for government employees that had a doublebreasted jacket tucked in at the waist and worn over bag~ trousers.

    WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991

  • Lapin sported a dashing little mustache and wore a yachting outfit of white turtleneck, doublebreasted navy-blue blazer, and gray flannel slacks.

    Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989

  • Lapin sported a dashing little mustache and wore a yachting outfit of white turtleneck, doublebreasted navy-blue blazer, and gray flannel slacks.

    Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989

  • I dressed in heavy slacks, leather jacket, wool turtleneck, and took along the only raincoat I had: an unlined poplin doublebreasted affair that was fine for Southern California but of uncertain utility in the present surroundings.

    When the Bough Breaks Jonathan Kellerman 1985

  • I dressed in heavy slacks, leather jacket, wool turtleneck, and took along the only raincoat I had: an unlined poplin doublebreasted affair that was fine for Southern California but of uncertain utility in the present surroundings.

    When the Bough Breaks Jonathan Kellerman 1985

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