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

Hamish gathered up his calash, and the precise Demer� assisted him to adjust it and his disordered dress more after the manner in which Odalie wore it.

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

An ancient calash stood in the farthest corner, its leathern portions so gnawed away by the rats that it had wasted into the mere skeleton of a carriage.

From At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas by Heyse, Paul

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 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