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Definition of Calashes
1. calash [n] - See also: calash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calashes
Literary usage of Calashes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"CHAPTER XXI HATS, BONNETS, AND calashes ' That build of bonnet whose extent Should
like a doctrine of dissent Puzzle church-goers to let it in. ..."
2. Travels Through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and by Isaac Weld (1807)
"calashes.—Sons Dieux.— Town of La Prairie.—Great Rapidity of the River Saint
Lawrence. — Cross to Montreal. — Astonishment on seeing large Ships at Montreal ..."
3. Narrative of a Tour in North America: Comprising Mexico, the Mines of Real by Henry Tudor (1834)
"Beauty of the American Ladies — calashes to conceal their Charms — Museum at New
York — Passage up the Hudson to West ..."
4. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"Plated harness is used for the best calashes, though made in the same simple ...
They are painted, varnished, and lined like the better sort of calashes. ..."
5. American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge edited by Jared Sparks, Johann Schobert, Francis Bowen, George Partridge Sanger (1846)
"046 Girls' boote, shoes, and calashes, not exceeding seven inches in length, to
be charged with two thirds of the above duties, Men's boots, the dozen pair, ..."
6. The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge (1846)
"-Women's boots and calashes, if lined or trimmed with fur or other trimming ...
046 Girls' boots, shoes, and calashes, not exceeding seven inches in length, ..."
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