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Residents of Diabaly said some rebels had doffed their flowing robes to blend in with the population, raising fears of ambushes and booby traps left behind in captured towns.

From Reuters • Jan. 22, 2013

A hoarse command went up, and a bright red ribbon seemed suddenly to unroll along both edges of the Mall�the guardsmen, still beneath their big black bearskins, had doffed their raincapes by the numbers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many were tough veterans, evzones who had doffed their exotic petti coats and pomponed slippers to fight frost bite and Italians in Albania's wild mountains.

From Time Magazine Archive

Le grand Charlie had doffed his uniform and his general's stars, donned dark blue mufti and become simple M. de Gaulle.

From Time Magazine Archive

They had doffed the regimentals, and were preparing to “start” on a trapping expedition to the Rocky Mountains.

From The Rifle Rangers by Reid, Mayne