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

"Be still, will you!" commanded the voice from the calash, rather faintly.

From At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas by Heyse, Paul

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

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

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