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- noun Plural form of
cloak . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cloak .
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Examples
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But it's going to take more than a few love spells to keep him from getting jealous about her latest gig-protecting a rock star named Zane from the creepy Goth guys in cloaks who keep showing up at his concerts and zapping his mojo.
Book Tour: Charmed & Ready - Candace Havens Nalini Singh 2008
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But it's going to take more than a few love spells to keep him from getting jealous about her latest gig-protecting a rock star named Zane from the creepy Goth guys in cloaks who keep showing up at his concerts and zapping his mojo.
Archive 2008-08-01 Nalini Singh 2008
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Sarah Palin cloaks her ideas in "straight talk" to avoid them being subject to fact-checking that would happen if she were to use standard english to make the same points.
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This idea lays great responsibility on the shoulders of wives and mothers, at the same time enfolding them in cloaks of great power.
Is It True that Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History? Linda 2007
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Then the people filed out into the damp winter night, pulling their thin cloaks about them.
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Some in long coats, and some in short cloaks; some with pantaloons; some without breeches.
Paras. 60-83 1909
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The husband, who wears an odd sort of _bonnet tricolore_, and several of his comrades are simply dressed in short cloaks open at the sides and ending just below the hip.
Donatello, by Lord Balcarres David Lindsay Crawford 1905
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Margaret turned hastily, entered the room, -- and was confronted by two young gentlemen in Spanish cloaks and broad-brimmed hats.
Three Margarets Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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The serjeants-of-arms followed, and then two lines again of gentlemen-pensioners walking, bare-headed, carrying wands, in short cloaks and elaborate ruffs.
By What Authority? Robert Hugh Benson 1892
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The Poperinghe boy, like his London brother, hangs on the back of carts; his father and mother come to their door to watch what is going on, or to ask eagerly for news of the counter-attack; and his little brothers and sisters go tripping to school, in short cloaks with the hoods drawn over their heads, as though no war existed.
The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend Humphry Ward 1885
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