fur-coat

The very fur-coat, chauffeur in livery lifestyle my mother idolized in her girlhood has become, as least as far as modern viewers see it, as too elite to be imagined or too cartoonish to be taken seriously.

Then and Now: Gentleman's Agreement - Part 2 Jacqueline T Lynch 2008

There were the wealthy Roman ladies we used to call the "fur-coat brigade" who had decided to open galleries -- they were professional for Rome and they had good artists.

In Rome, a Force ckstage with MARY ANGELA SCHROTH 2008

Nose buried in a collar of your fur-coat, you marvel at what a total waste of a beautiful evening this outing has proved to be.

Archive 2007-03-01 Marina Geigert 2007

Liputin ran after him in the entry, gave him his fur-coat with his own hands, and saw him down the stairs, bowing.

The Possessed 2003

David, here's where it gets strange and funny and sort of ... well ... incestuous, because the crazy policeman saw that the fur-coat spiel made me just a tad suspicious.

White Jazz Ellroy, James, 1948- 1992

She's jealous that Peter confides in me and not in her, offended that Dussel doesn't re - spond sufficiently to her flirtations and afraid her husband's going to squander all the fur-coat money on to - bacco.

The Diary Of A Young Girl Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 1991

Suddenly he took a deep breath, twisted, and tried to shout 'help', but no sound came out and his head was pushed right into the fur-coat.

The Heart Of A Dog Bulgakov, Mikhail, 1891-1940 1968

'Now,' said Bormenthal, giving Sharikov's throat a very slight push toward the fur-coat hanging up on a nearby hook, 'repeat after me: "I apologise ..."

The Heart Of A Dog Bulgakov, Mikhail, 1891-1940 1968

To use high-flown expressions at all costs instead of the plain and simple language of the people is like mixing an elixir, as the spirits use, to cure a cold or a cough, and to put on a fur-coat of sable or fox to fetch firewood or vegetables.

Lunheng 1962

Having been engaged at 11.35 P.M. to drive an elderly gentleman, wearing a fur-coat, to Golder's Green, you are tendered the legal fare plus twopence.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917 Various