Example Sentences

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Mr. Ramasar suffered from the evening’s worst-executed costume: a jacket-like, seemingly padded shirt with a halter and trousers.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2016

The women have a similar covering, sometimes adding a short, cotton, jacket-like waist.

From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray

There was no skirt to the jacket-like garment, the thighs being inclosed with the buckskin which formed the leggings, after the manner of the modern style of trousers.

From Deerfoot in The Mountains by Davis, John Steeple