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

The Chern�shev calash had just left the yard.

From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

As soon as she had got rid of her visitor, Mrs. Clavering hastily threw on her calash, and repaired at a brisk pace to Uncle Philip's cabin.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

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

And suddenly he realized that it was a man, despite the full skirts and flutterings of capes and calash.

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