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
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 Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
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
A shaky-looking calash, to which was yoked an old horse, with torn harness hanging over the shafts, stood all alone in front of the luggage office.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Gustave Flaubert
Her calash was untied, and her curly locks had escaped their ribbon and hung in picturesque confusion about her face.
From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison
