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This is doubtless the meaning of the vestless and coatless portrait of himself prefixed to the first issue of the "Leaves," to which I have referred.

From Whitman A Study by Burroughs, John

It required no small amount of pluck—as I call it—to face them—bootless, coatless, vestless, hatless, penniless, and, withal, with my feet and trousers besmeared with cow dung.

From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

So did a neighboring storekeeper, a tall, lean, grave young man, clean-shaven, coatless and vestless, with a blue-glass stud on his collarless white shirt.

From Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo by Thwaites, Reuben Gold

"I couldn't help hearing," apologized the stranger—he was vestless and bootless.

From The Heart of the Range by White, William Patterson

Jake met us in the yard, hatless, coatless, vestless, although the temperature was flirting with the freezing point.

From Neighbours by Stead, Robert J. C.