maud
Example Sentences
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She put a new candle in her lantern; she changed her shawl for a maud, and leaving the door on latch, she sallied out.
From Half a Life-Time Ago by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Before we set out to meet the fugitive, I caused them to disguise themselves—your mother having my wife's maud, and she a dress she had never before worn.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
"Yes; go on, you; I coom py undt py; I dtink t'ere iss vun maud come into dot gardten, vhat I haf not pefore seen since more as acht years, alreadty!"
From Strong Hearts by George Washington Cable
Hogg was perhaps the most remarkable man that ever wore the maud of a shepherd.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
There was: a figure swathed in an ulster, a maud over the ulster, and a high hat on the top of all.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
