claes
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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It was here that the "twa lasses" proposed to wash their "claes," unseen by their lovers.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
Then the men jumpit out, and began hurrying on their claes, and lashing up their hammocks.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
"Ye're baith sae rolled and smoothered up wi' claes and skins I canna tell."
From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward
The cotter's wife in Burns's poem who— "Wi' her needle and her sheers, Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new"— deserves the title of heroine for her efforts to keep up appearances.
From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John
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
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