claes
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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But so it will be wherever Miss Morton goes in they fantastic claes.
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
I never durst say onything then, but slipped awa to bed very unwillingly—just feeling as if I felt it a trouble to put aff my claes.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
It was a big doll, bonnily dressed, and a little trunk fu’ o’ mair claes, and a full set o’ doll cheena, and a doll bed and night claes; wonderfu’, complete.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Craft maun hae claes, but truth gaes naked.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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 Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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