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
The first was an ordinary, four-seated calash, with a torn leather covering, and a broken spring under the box, temporarily mended with ropes.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Paul Heyse
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
"Be still, will you!" commanded the voice from the calash, rather faintly.
From At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas by Paul Heyse
A vehicle often mentioned by Judge Sewall and contemporary writers is a calash.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle
