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There is the agitated little Mr. Lee-Mittison, pathetically chipper when he has organized a picnic, but dashed to nervous gloom when it disintegrates to eggshells and a mackintoshed wife.

From Time Magazine Archive

The master of the house, booted and mackintoshed, had come back into the hall, and the twins scampered up the stairs at the unaccustomed sternness of his voice.

From Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children by Glasgow, Geraldine

While picking it up, four impatient, wet, mackintoshed pedestrians knock against you, and go off uttering imprecations on your head.

From Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." by Wren, Jenny

Three shining mackintoshed figures are walking down the quay, making for the gang-plank of the great liner from which the blue-peter is flying.

From The Lost World by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Looking down, nothing was to be seen but a few mackintoshed pedestrians, splashing dismally along the wet, grey street.

From Captain Jim by Bruce, Mary Grant