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The buff linings of the turned-back cuffs extended a good six inches up the sleeve, and a small coil of gold braid gleamed from one epaulet.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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Thatcher wore a black, Chinese-style silk trouser suit but the lining was lime-green satin which showed in wide, turned-back cuffs.
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Thatcher wore a black, Chinese-style silk trouser suit but the lining was lime-green satin which showed in wide, turned-back cuffs.
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“Her nutria coat, with out-moded tuxedo collar, turned-back cuffs and padded shoulders showed wear.”
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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Thatcher wore a black, Chinese-style silk trouser suit but the lining was lime-green satin which showed in wide, turned-back cuffs.
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The social/moral clock cannot be turned-back 50 years, no matter how much the blue-rinsers want it to, as the last Conservative government proved.
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We see in some of the pictures a turned-back baseball cap.
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This was enormously full and completely lined with ermine so that the deep turned-back collar and lapels showed the shining white fur in contrast to the gown's rich gold-on-blue brocade.
This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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The hand is placed on it palm down with the fingers pointing toward the tip of the triangle, allowing enough space for the turned-back portion of the wet cloth to cover the back of the hand.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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BY THE TIME I HAD CALLED Claire to cancel, showered, put my wet hair under a turned-back Giants cap, and thrown on some clothes, Raleigh's white Explorer was beeping me from below.
1st to Die Patterson, James, 1947- 2001
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