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

An old calash almost concealed her features from observation, except when she raised her head and glanced at us in a scared, furtive sort of way.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

These are in a calash, those at the far end of a shop; but all are equally alone.

From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules

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)

"As one of the relics?" suggested the artist, glancing at a green calash and a plum-colored quilted petticoat lying on the settle.

From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Alcott, Louisa May