calash
Example Sentences
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She was clothed, her dress soaked from the water in which she had sunk herself; she wore a calash upon her head.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Out of the calash in the corner came back a faint echo, which trembled as from inward vexation.
From At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas by Paul Heyse
"Be still, will you!" commanded the voice from the calash, rather faintly.
From At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas by Paul Heyse
He ever after affected to drive in a calash, and would never mount on horseback more.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
An old calash almost concealed her features from observation, except when she raised her head and glanced at us in a scared, furtive sort of way.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake