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  • The Duke wore a white satin long-coat, embroidered with gold, and on his breast shone the St. Hubertus stag and cross.

    A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg 1905

  • But the mass of the men were middle-aged -- territorials, with the light-blue long-coat, good for all weathers and the sharp night, and the peaked cap.

    Golden Lads Arthur Gleason 1900

  • Somehow, his hats were never either old or new -- not that he bought them second-hand, but when he got a new one he took its 'long-coat' off, as he called it, with a singeing lamp, and made it look as if it had undergone a few probationary showers.

    Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833

  • Debbie Willkow and her long-coat Chihuahua, Arthur, stood at the county treasurer's office counter Thursday waiting to be issued the dog's 2009 license.

    News/local from www.dailyamerican.com 2009

  • CYPRESS - Officers are mourning the death of "Karlo Sorex," a long-coat German Shepherd who helped fight crime for a half decade, Cypress Police Department Sgt. Tom Bruce reported.

    The Orange County Register - Homepage 2008

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