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Indeed, an enormous bureaucracy, richly gallooned and well fed is that "idee Napoleonienne" that above all others suits the requirements of the second Bonaparte.

From Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Marx, Karl

Trousers, which had been wavering between nautical buttons and gallooned knees—or, in the vernacular of the period, a sail three sheets in the wind and a flag at half-mast—were the items sacrificed.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George

The stockings are blue silk, and come from the French house in Covent Garden, as doth the scarf of striped gauze and the shoes, gallooned with silver.

From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Johnston, Mary

I remember Mozart well at the first general rehearsal, in a red furred coat and a gallooned hat, standing on the stage and giving the tempi.

From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)

Indeed, but for the respect inspired by his gallooned green boots, the Patrol-officer would have been laughed out of countenance.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r