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Now came twelve French gentlemen, in splendid habiliments, consisting of pourpoints of white damask barred with gold, short mantles of crimson velvet lined with violet taffeta, and carnation-colored hauts-de-chausses, and took their way down the steps.
The Prince and the Pauper; a tale for young people of all ages 1882
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Now came twelve French gentlemen, in splendid habiliments, consisting of pourpoints of white damask barred with gold, short mantles of crimson velvet lined with violet taffeta, and carnation coloured hauts-de-chausses, and took their way down the steps.
The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain 1872
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Violet and black arrayed the inferiors, setting off the crimson satin pourpoints of the higher officers, on whose brimless hats each waved with a single ostrich plume in a shining brooch.
Grisly Grisell Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Les habitans y sont mieux habillés qu'en Hongrie, quoiqu'ils portent tous de gros pourpoints bien épais et bien larges.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Les habitans y sont mieux habill閟 qu’en Hongrie, quoiqu’ils portent tous de gros pourpoints bien 閜ais et bien larges.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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