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Examples
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Like his comrades, he wore a conical helmet with a bar nasal, a mailshirt, and baggy wool trousers tucked into stout boots that rose almost to his knees.
Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005
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She stuffed it inside her mailshirt and the quilting beneath into her bosom.
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He was cold and could feel each ring of his mailshirt, even through the leather backing and the woollen undershirt.
Waylander Gemmell, David 1986
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His right side was red with gore, and a bloody rent showed in his mailshirt.
Conan the Avenger Howard, Robert E. 1968
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He had always been a splendid swimmer; but now the mailshirt, which he had retained through such peril and which had protected his torso from scores of bites, was dragging him down to his doom.
Conan Of The Isles De Camp, L. Sprague 1968
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He was tempted to leave his mailshirt but decided to keep it after all.
Conan Of The Isles De Camp, L. Sprague 1968
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