The best coats were short with wide swirling skirts developing from relatively narrow shoulders.

The best coats were short, barely long enough to cover the jackets.

Perhaps I may one day put on my best coat, and presenting myself at the great gate, introduce myself.

His best coats were midcalf-length, loose enough to fit over suits.

We always went to feast day in our best coats of the same color.

The next day, Donal put on his best coat, and went to call on the minister.

He also makes the best short coats, and the best long ones, of the season.

There's a hole made in your best coat, Master Ford.

These included the late captain's best coat and a pair of rather worn pistols.

He chose the best coat he could find and shrugged painfully into it.