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Jefferson, at moments of some interest in his career as President, seemed to regard his peculiar style of dress as a matter of political importance, while the Federalist newspapers never ceased ridiculing the corduroy small-clothes, red-plush waistcoat, and sharp-toed boots with which he expressed his contempt for fashion.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Jefferson, at moments of some interest in his career as President, seemed to regard his peculiar style of dress as a matter of political importance, while the Federalist newspapers never ceased ridiculing the corduroy small-clothes, red-plush waistcoat, and sharp-toed boots with which he expressed his contempt for fashion.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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The film was a highly advertised and abysmal thing smacking of simpering hair - dressers, cheap perfume, red-plush suites on the back streets of tenderloins, and complacent fat women chewing gum.
Main Street 2004
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His head was partly covered with a white skullcap; he was dressed in a long white cassock which reached to his feet, which rested upon a red-plush cushion and were inclosed in red embroidered slippers with a design of a cross.
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In each place, on the red-plush seat, lay a little pile of printed matter.
The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998
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He entered the restaurant and sat down in one of the red-plush seats, while the waiters eyed his clothes with suspicion.
The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998
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One evening Paul threw himself on one of the red-plush sofas Scheffer had transferred to his private apartment.
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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He didn't have to breathe that air and sit in a slippery red-plush seat.
Winner Take All Larry Evans
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So up to the avenue I went, and Beilstein first gave me my dressing down and then asked me into the red-plush private room where he takes the big oil and wheat men when they want a little art.
The Collectors Frank Jewett Mather
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Then she settled back against the luxury of her dusty red-plush seat with a soft little sigh.
The Heart of Arethusa Francis Barton Fox
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