Kalais
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Our Juan de Kalais goes to his mother’s house, and his mother was more angry than before, saying she had nothing now with which to load his ship.
From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Webster, Wentworth
Juan de Kalais, the son of a widow, sets off as a merchant, but sells his cargo and ship to pay the debts of a corpse, which is being dragged about on a dung-heap.
From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall
Juan de Kalais has it cried throughout the city that whoever has to receive anything of that man should show himself.
From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Webster, Wentworth
When they were at sea the old general said to Juan de Kalais one day: “Look, Juan de Kalais, what a fine fish there is here!”
From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Webster, Wentworth
Juan de Kalais asks, “And if anyone should pay his debts, would you bury him then?”
From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Webster, Wentworth
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