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
He ever after affected to drive in a calash, and would never mount on horseback more.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
He had escaped in a wretched calash, attended by a small troop.
From Curiosities of Human Nature by Anonymous
Lull turned to greet her, and saw to her surprise that Mrs Kelly wore a tight black silk jacket and a green calash.
From The Weans at Rowallan by Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Oh, yes, you'll come down, I don't mistrust that," she replied, slowly nodding her green calash, "as long as the schoolmarm is at the Hill; but Annie will look paler than ever.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various
