clashes

Example Sentences

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The hunt is on, with much clambering over rooftops, chasing about in cabs and calashes, and long, meditative dinners at Delmonico's.

From Time Magazine Archive

During one of those occurrences, while they were getting clear, one of the calashes said something to the others in a rapid whisper.

From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph

The spring evenings were getting bright and long, when three or four ladies in calashes met at Miss Barker's door.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

The Emperor's suite was in two other calashes.

From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron

Do not trouble her for the loan of umbrellas, over-shoes, hoods, calashes, &c., or send to her for small change.

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza