claes
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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At ony rate, he aye gangs aboot in plain claes.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 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
The mother wi' her needle an' her shears, Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new; The father mixes a' wi' admonition due.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James
"Preserve us, lass, for what wad ye hae lad's claes?" said the ancient housekeeper.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Sic a noise I never heard i' my life; and yet I dinna like to gae near him afore I get my claes on; but that's awfu—Jock, man, what's the matter wi' ye?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by Wilson, John Mackay
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