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 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
Coaches grow there no more than balm and spices: we were forced to drop our post-chaise, that resembled nothing so much as harlequin’s calash, which was occasionally a chaise or a baker’s cart.
From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
And the gray gown and the calash which the youth had worn were found inside the passage.
From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Murfree, Mary Noailles
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 Camões, Luís de
