claes
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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She will never need bite o' meat nor thread o' claes for ever and ever mair.'
From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
My certie, to hear a fallow speakin o' claes, whan it's weel kenned he had nae mair than a brown greatcoat, an auld hat, an' a pair o' boots I wadna gie tippence for.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
We were a' in bed—mother, servant lass, and a'; but, on hearin't, I bangs up, on wi' my claes, lichts a cannle, and opens the door.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
Then he went home, and Margot said something about his Sunday claes, but James did not heed her.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
The Tamsens are vera poor, and the laddie is the warst-dressed lad i’ the village, and he is to go and get a nice suit o’ claes for himsel’ wi’ it.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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