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Roquelaure

A cloak; so called from the Duke de Roquelaure. (George II.)

“`Your honour's roquelaure,' replied the corporal, `has not once been had on since the night before your honour received your wound:' ” —Sterne: Tristram Shandy; Story of Le Fevre.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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