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

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 Flaubert, Gustave

And Susan pinned a fold in the calash, and away went the triumphant Miss Cecilia.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

Seated, then, in a berlin, or perhaps in a calash, one goes out at least to visit the olive groves, if not to cross the island.

From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

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 Madison, Lucy Foster