Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Philippine Islands, a two-wheeled chaise or gig.
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Examples
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The most he could ascertain was, that the calesin had deposited its burthen in one of four streets, but in which of them it was impossible to say.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
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At the very moment Andrés passed under one of the three arcades of the gate of Alcala, a _calesin_, or light calash, dashed through the crowd, amidst a concert of curses and hisses, the usual sounds with which the
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
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