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

And Susan pinned a fold in the calash, and away went the triumphant Miss Cecilia.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

These are in a calash, those at the far end of a shop; but all are equally alone.

From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules

It was only for a moment that the sentry's attention was thus diverted, but when he looked again the gray gown, the red calash, the swiftly moving figure had disappeared.

From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Murfree, Mary Noailles

Coaches grow there no more than balm and spices: we were forced to drop our post-chaise, that resembled nothing so much as harlequin’s calash, which was occasionally a chaise or a baker’s cart.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)