Lexicographical Neighbors of Berrets
Literary usage of Berrets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Edge of the Storm by Margaret Roberts (1869)
"There were red berrets and blue berrets, scarlet hoods, yellow shawls ; under
the trees were heaped umbrellas, used earlier in the day to defend their ..."
2. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"The bright- coloured blouses and berrets of the young men, and the girls' dainty
bizarre fichus, relieve the sombre hue of the ancients. ..."
3. A Handbook for Travellers in France: Being a Guide to Normandy, Brittany by John Murray (Firm) (1854)
"... are the chequered handkerchiefs so much in vogue as a head-dress among the
peasantry of Aragon and Gascony, and also the berrets worn by the Béarnais. ..."
4. The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Chosen in Part by John Keats, Thomas Bird Mosher (1909)
"... Heads in hieroglyphic caps, Heads in turbans and black berrets, Heads in wigs,
and myriad other Poor perspiring human heads ; What is the meaning of Man ..."
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