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Meanings of threadbare coat in English

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Usage of threadbare coat in English
1
He was small, dried-up and weather-beaten, and wore a thin, threadbare coat.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
2
He looked a complete gentleman in his rather threadbare coat and well-worn hat.
North and South
3
He sat there now in his old threadbare coat with two empty hands.
The Emperor of Portugallia
4
Paddy would come in shivering and shaking in his threadbare coat.
Jerry's Reward
5
He set it down to his threadbare coat and rustic boots.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
6
Captain Branscome, of the threadbare coat and the sword of honour?
Poison Island
7
He wondered how long she'd been sitting there, bleeding through that threadbare coat.
The river kings' road
8
The fallen noble drew himself up in his threadbare coat.
Through the Magic Door
9
It lifts his grey hair, and penetrates the threadbare coat.
Hodge and His Masters
10
His hand went to the breast of his threadbare coat with an angry clutch.
Gordon Keith
11
Wit and coin are always doubted with a threadbare coat.
Tales of a Traveller
12
What can I get on that threadbare coat of yours?
Caught in the Net
13
I drew my threadbare coat closer about me, for I was shivering with the cold.
The House / An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer,...
14
Why dost thou wear such a threadbare coat, Carlton?
The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence
15
Schmidt unbuttoned the threadbare coat from the breast.
A Cigarette-Maker's Romance
16
His daughter smiled as she tried to arrange the shabby velvet collar of his threadbare coat.
Henry Dunbar: A Novel
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