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All black against the usual tall stove of white tiles gleaming in the dusk, stood a strange figure, wearing a skirted, close-fitting, brown cloth coat strapped round the waist, in long boots, and with a little Astrakhan cap on its head.
Yet Eurylochus fancied that one of them had sea-green hair, and that the close-fitting bodice of a second looked like the bark of a tree, and that both the others had something odd in their aspect, although he could not quite determine what it was, in the little while that he had to examine them.
Sherlock Holmes was pacing up and down the platform, his tall, gaunt figure made even gaunter and taller by his long grey travelling-cloak and close-fitting cloth cap.
It is a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, such as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist.
Sits very high, so you barely notice any load, close-fitting, so you won't wear much more than a running top.
Pantyhose, called sheer tights in the United Kingdom and a few other countries, are close-fitting legwear covering the wearer's body from the waist to the toes.
The close-fitting tee can also be worn under another layer of clothing.
New ProFlex C loss-in-weight feeders for powders and pellets have flexible hopper walls with external agitation, easy-to-clean extension hoppers, and a compact, off-center design that allows space-saving installation of up to eight feeders in pairs with close-fitting discharge helixes and nozzles.
Budgie smugglers, an Australian term used since the 1980s to refer to close-fitting swimming trunks, are featured in the update, along with Scandi crime thrillers and wild swimming.
Einar is introduced wearing close-fitting suits of stiff, thick wools, a design highlighting his discomfort within his own skin.
Hats were 'small 'and close-fitting' or in 'flat sailor shapes' alongside 'veils of the lamp-shade type'.
Take out the barrel; slide a close-fitting aluminum or brass rod down the bore, from the base; and tap it out with a hammer.
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