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inverness cape
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tags: [fashion]
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Definition:a form of weatherproof outercoat. It is notable for being sleeveless, the arms emerging from armholes beneath a cape. It has become associated with the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.text from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
image: By Unknown - Men's Fashion Illustration form the Turn of the Century. Reprint by Dover Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-486-26353-3. Originally published New York : Jno Mitchell Co. 1910, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4813946
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an individual of forbidding aspect, wearing an Inverness coat, a top-hat, and blue spectacles, walked into the carriage.
Anton Chekhov. The Schoolmistress and other stories
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Professor Goodwin, in a bowknotted periwig, in court dress, wearing a stained inverness cape, bent in two from incredible age, totters across the room, his hands fluttering.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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