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loosely-fitting

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  • He was dressed in a blue coat which made Ned's own loosely-fitting garment look countrified in the extreme.

    A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

  • He was dressed in a blue coat which made Ned's own loosely-fitting garment look countrified in the extreme.

    A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

  • And I do not use that word "belonged" as it is employed in modern times among protestants: I mean _more_ than that convenient, loosely-fitting profession, which, like a garment, is thrown on and off, as the exigencies of hypocrisy or cupidity may require.

    Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel

  • The simple cooking is done over a stove burning charcoal, the fumes of which wander through the house and disperse through the hundred openings afforded by the loosely-fitting paper walls.

    Peeps at Many Lands: Japan John Finnemore

  • Here, take it, ’ she said to Tanya, who was pulling the loosely-fitting ring off her white, slender-tipped finger.

    Chapter XX. Part I 1917

  • Even his loosely-fitting khaki tunic did not conceal the massive chest with its supple muscles and the long, sinewy arms that knew how to swing to the rhythm of bayonet exercise.

    Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force Ernest [Illustrator] Prater 1917

  • He turned to see a trim little figure in loosely-fitting outing clothes striding across the floor.

    El Diablo Brayton Norton 1914

  • Dressed in a loosely-fitting suit of all seasons, he held himself very straight from the waist, as if in defiance of the slackness of his build.

    The Creators A Comedy May Sinclair 1904

  • The visitor was tall and thin, and wore a loosely-fitting white suit, and an extremely high collar.

    Sanine Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev 1902

  • His well-cut, loosely-fitting grey morning-coat and trousers were soiled and slovenly; his blue linen shirt was collarless and unbuttoned at the neck.

    The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

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