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  • He wore a long black many-caped cloak; waterproof; shiny; of the substance of a statue in

    Between the Acts 2004

  • She had the impression of a tall, broad-shouldered man dressed fashionably in a many-caped greatcoat with a tall beaver hat and black top boots.

    Unforgiven Balogh, Mary 1998

  • He strode across the narrow lane, his many-caped greatcoat flapping about the tops of his glossy Hessians, the cravat at his throat as neat and precise as if he were in Bond Street.

    A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

  • The long folds of his many-caped greatcoat were damp, but it was clear he, alone amongst the gentlemen invited, had been wise enough to come in a closed carriage.

    A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

  • He strode across the narrow lane, his many-caped greatcoat flapping about the tops of his glossy Hessians, the cravat at his throat as neat and precise as if he were in Bond Street.

    A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

  • The long folds of his many-caped greatcoat were damp, but it was clear he, alone amongst the gentlemen invited, had been wise enough to come in a closed carriage.

    A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

  • With her black hair braided up under a close-fitting cap and her tall form muffled in a many-caped cloak such as coachmen wore, the Princess was sufficiently anonymous at the reins of her unmarked phaeton.

    The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

  • But he had found her, wrapped in her many-caped tweed coachman's cloak, silently patrolling the perimeter of the house as they had done together, and all his resolutions had come apart like soaked tissue paper at the first hesitant joining of their hands.

    The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

  • Her opposite neighbor was a man past the prime of life, owner and breeder of large herds of cattle near Wancote, a man who, after attending the Newbury markets, often returned home by this very coach, and was believed to carry large sums of money in the flap-pockets of his many-caped riding-coat.

    Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various

  • "At any rate it serves to make our welcome here seem the warmer, sir," said Calvert, from where he stood divesting himself of his many-caped top-coat.

    Calvert of Strathore Carter Goodloe

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