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• It was called a calash, and was constructed of green silk outside and white silk within, reeved upon cane, similar in fashion to the 'uglies,' which, at the present day, English ladies are wont to prefix to the front of their bonnets when traveling or rusticating by the seaside; but instead of being something to attach to the bonnet, it was a complete bonnet in itself, gigantic and bow-shaped, which would fold together flat as a pancake, or opening like an accordeon, it could be drawn forward over the face to any required extent, by means of a ribbon attached to the front. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
• Brigitte stepped to the window and satisfied herself that the calash was there. —  The Confession of a Child of the Century
• Ruth laughed gleefully at the face which looked out at her from the mirror when Miss Cynthia told her to put on a queer, old bonnet which she called a calash. —  Glenloch Girls
• “calash,” a big bonnet with rattans stitched in so it would easily move back and forward. —  Memories and Anecdotes
• It was called a calash, and was constructed of green silk outside and white silk within, reeved upon cane, similar in fashion to the 'uglies,' which, at the present day, —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

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