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
"As one of the relics?" suggested the artist, glancing at a green calash and a plum-colored quilted petticoat lying on the settle.
From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Louisa May Alcott
His chestnut curls, brushed into a glossy similarity, crept out and lay on the folds of the red cape of the calash with a verisimilitude that seemed almost profane.
From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Mary Noailles Murfree
It was below in the hall, lying on the floor, fast in the calash, to which Susan, ill-starred wench! had pinned it; and the footman, in his cruel haste, had dragged them both off together.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
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
