Word: jacketful
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...weeks, or rather a fortnight, later, unconcerned in old shoes and an odd jacket, Vag announced himself to the Parker House receptionist. When he arrived upstairs at the Scott-Hanbury suite, a somber man with an ingrown chin asked him to be seated in the entrance hall. Vag was not alone. Two familiar Cambridge faces, supported by matching neckties, were talking nearby...
...beginning to feel out of his depth, but just then the Master came striding out of the fitting room. He was closely followed by a distinguished, but jacket-less fellow with a tape measure around his neck, and by a shorter, less distinguished man with a fitting form. The one with the form, clearly a lesser type, picked imaginary threads from the Master's suit. His more distinguished colleague handed their client a waiting umbrella and murmured that he would have the order sent on to the House...
...these admirers do exist, if the coy jacket notes are to be trusted. The rest of us had better stick to Palestrina or Muddy Waters, according to taste...
...haired boy out of Kilgore, as Texan as pecan pie. Instead of medals, he carried a well-thumbed Bible; instead of doeskin gloves, a single dress shirt, a plastic wing collar given to him by a friend, a ratty grey Shetland sweater that often showed under his dress jacket when he took his bows...
...want a kewpie doll for my motorcycle," said a leather-jacket knight of the road, with a yellow grin...