state-coat

Updated: June 2, 2025

As to taking out a summons, it’s quite a hopeless case if Simmons attends it, on behalf of the parish. Hobler’s. See him again on Sunday in his state-coat and cocked-hat, with a large-headed staff for show in his left hand, and a small cane for use in his right.

Charles Dickens - Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people